Pherbellia cinerella
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Pherbellia cinerella (Fallén, 1820)
Material examined: Iran: East Azerbaijan Province, Ajabshir (grove habitat) [37°31´N, 46°07´E, 1660 m], 10.07.2009, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Kandovan (moist grassland habitat) [37°46´N, 46°16´E, 2500 m], 15.07.2010, 5 ♂, 4 ♀; Maragheh (grove habitat) [37°25´N, 46°25´E, 1790 m], 5.06.2011, 2 ♂, 5 ♀ (Khaghaninia leg.).
Distribution. Palaearctic: From north Europe to souh Europe; North Africa, eastern Russia. Oriental region. Middle East: Armenia, Tadjikistan, and Afghanistan. Iran: Rozkošný, Elberg (1984); Seddighi Sadr, Mohammadzade namin (2016).
Biology. Rozkošný (1967) described the larval morphology, and Bratt et al. (1969) described the life cycle and made the description of all immature stages. The larvae are predators of terrestrial and aquatic gastropods (Bratt et al., 1969). Oviposition stimulus is a substrate moistened with fresh snail faeces or mucus of helicid-prey (Cernuella virgata Da Costa) (Coupland, 1996). The puparium is formed outside the shell prey, and in southern France adults are overwintering (Vala, 1989) but in Russia has been found that pupa are overwintering also (Gaponov, 2016). This species has a short developmental time and is multivoltine (Vala, 1989; Gaponov, 2016).
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Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2009-10-07 , 2010-07-15 , 2011-06-05
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-10-07 , 2010-07-15 , 2011-06-05
- Scientific name authorship
- Fallen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Sciomyzidae
- Genus
- Pherbellia
- Species
- cinerella
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pherbellia cinerella (Fallen, 1820) sec. Khaghaninia, Kazerani & Vala, 2018
References
- Rozkosny, R., Elberg, K. 1984. Family Sciomyzidae (Tetanoceridae). In: Soos, A. and Papp, L., eds. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 9. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 167 - 193.
- Seddighi Sadr, F., Mohammadzade Namin, S. 2016. The snail killing flies (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) in Gilan Province, with a new record for Iranian fauna. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 7 (1), 43 - 45.
- Rozkosny, R. 1967. Zur Morphologie und Biologie der Metamorphosestadien mitteleuropaischer Sciomyziden (Diptera). Acta Academiae Scientiarum, Brno, 1 (4), 117 - 160.
- Bratt, A. D., Knutson, L. V., Foote, B. A., Berg, C. O. 1969. Biology of Pherbellia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). New York Agricultural Experiment Station of Ithaca Memoirs, 404, 1 - 247.
- Coupland, J. B. 1996. Influence of snail faeces and mucus on oviposition and larval behaviour of Pherbellia cinerella (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 22, 183 - 189.
- Vala, J. - C. 1989. Dipteres Sciomyzidae Euro-mediterraneens. Faune de France. France et Regions limitrophes. N ° 72. Federation Francaise de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 1 - 300.
- Gaponov, S. P. 2016. Fauna and bioecology of snail-killing flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in the central black soil region of Russia. Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Ser.: Chemistry. Biology. Pharmacy, 1, 54 - 63.