Melieria omissa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Ulidiidae |
Genus: | Melieria |
Species: | M. omissa
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Binomial name | |
Melieria omissa (
Meigen, 1826)
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Synonyms | |
Melieria omissa is a small fly that is commonly found in wet, marshy vegetation in May. Scientists think that the dagger-like ovipositor of the females might be used for inserting eggs into vegetation. [3]
M. omissa has been documented across Eurasia, from Great Britain to Korea, and as far south as Italy, Greece and the Arabian peninsula. [4]