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Blera (fly)
| Blera | |
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| Blera fallax female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Genus: | Blera Billberg, 1820[1] |
| Type species | |
| Musca fallax | |
| Synonyms | |
Blera is primarily a North American genus, though there are 3 species from Europe.[5] The genus is characterized by the following characters:
- face with distinct central knob, less developed in females; frons distinctly produced
- antennae shorter than head width, arista dorsal
- body covered long sometimes dense hairs
- legs simple bare and undeveloped metasternite
- short apical section of vein R 4+5 [6]
The larvae are found in decaying heartwood in roots of trees and stumps.
There are keys to American[6] and British species.[7] external map
- ^ Billberg, G.J. (1820). Enumeratio insectorum in Museo. Stockholm: Gust. Joh. Billberg. p. 138. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Williston, S. W. (1887). "Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 31: xxx + 335. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Verrall, G.H. (1901). Platypezidae, Pipunculidae and Syrphidae of Great Britain. Vol. 8,In his British flies. London: Gurney & Jackson. pp. [i] + 691.
- ^ Meigen, J.W. (1800). Nouvelle classification des mouches a deux ailes (Diptera L.) d'apres un plan tout nouveau. Paris: Perronneau. pp. 1–40.
- ^ Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ^ a b Curran, Charles Howard (1953). "Notes and descriptions of some Mydaidae and Syrphidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 1645: 1–15.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
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