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Encyclopedia > Sciomyzidae

Marsh fly
A Marsh fly (either Sepedon aenescens or Sepedomerus macropus
A Marsh fly (either Sepedon aenescens or Sepedomerus macropus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae

The family Sciomyzidae, the Marsh flies, are of the order Diptera. Photograph of a Marsh fly (Family Sciomyzidae) photographed at Kawai Nui Marsh on Oahu, Hawaii by Eric Guinther and released under the GNU Free Documentation License. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subkingdom Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subkingdom Agnotozoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Subkingdom Metazoa Radiata Cnidaria Ctenophora - Comb jellies Bilateria Protostomia Acoelomorpha Platyhelminthes - Flatworms Nemertina - Ribbon worms Gastrotricha Gnathostomulida - Jawed worms Micrognathozoa Rotifera - Rotifers Acanthocephala Priapulida Kinorhyncha Loricifera Entoprocta Nematoda - Roundworms Nematomorpha - Horsehair worms Cycliophora Mollusca - Mollusks Sipuncula - Peanut worms Annelida - Segmented... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Archidiptera Eudiptera Brachycera // Overview Diptera are insects in which the hind wings are reduced to halteres. ... Suborders Archidiptera Eudiptera Brachycera // Overview Diptera are insects in which the hind wings are reduced to halteres. ...


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The familial placement of the Huttonininae, with 2 genera and 9 species, is not certain, and this group is tentatively referred to the Sciomyzidae (Barnes 1979a).
Larvae of Eulimnia feed on sphaeriid clams, and larvae of Neolimnia feed on aquatic or terrestrial, pulmonate, or operculate prosobranch snails (Lynch 1965; Neff and Berg 1966; Fontana 1972; Bhuangprakone and Areekul 1973; Beaver et al.
Several species of Sciomyzidae were introduced into the Hawaiian Islands as biological control agents for aquatic snails that are intermediate hosts of Fasciola, but only Sepedomerus macropus and Sepedon aenescens are believed to be established (Davis 1960, Chock et al.
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