Euryomma peregrinum is a small species of flies from the family Fanniidae. It is the type species of the genus Euryomma and was originally described by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen, in 1826. Although, he placed it in another genus.

Euryomma peregrinum
Plate from Europäischen Zweiflügeligen illustrating Anthomyia peregrina (Figure 9)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Fanniidae
Genus: Euryomma
Species:
E. peregrinum
Binomial name
Euryomma peregrinum
(Meigen, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia peregrina Meigen, 1826
  • Anthomyia communis Walker, 1853
  • Homalomya schembrii Rondani, 1866
  • Coenosia pseudomollicula Frauenfeld, 1867
  • Anthomyia brevipalpis Thomson, 1869
  • Homalomyia observanda Rondani, 1877
  • Hoplogaster dubia Grimshaw, 1901
  • Cerodiscia zelleri Enderlein, 1936

Biology

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The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter and carrion. Distribution is now most tropical and temperate regions worldwide, having been introduced. In Europe it is mainly Mediterranean.[1]

Description

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The adult is a small fly of about 3 – 4 mm. With bare arista (as in Fannia), with the first pre-sutural dorsocentral bristle less than half as long as the second. Males have a lower orbital bristle.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rozkosny, Rudolf; Gregor, František; Pont, Adrian C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Acta Scientiarum Natura Lium Academiae Scienti Arum Bohemicae Brno. Vol. 31. Brno, Czech Republic: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. pp. 1–80.