Herina (fly) explained

Herina is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It is possibly the largest genus in the family.

It is a genus of distinctive, small to medium-sized, dark species about 3.5-5.5 mm long, with patterned wings. The head is variably yellowish, reddish, or darkened, whilst the body is either shining black or black dusted with grey.^[1] Many are found in marshland or calcareous grassland locations and in coastal wetlands.^[2]

Species

Species include:

• H. aartseni Merz, 2002^{[3] [4]}
• H. frondescentiae (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[5]
• H. germinationis (Rossi, 1790)
• H. ghilianii Rondani, 1869
• H. gyrans (Loew, 1864)
• H. lacustris (Meigen, 1826)
• H. liturata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
• H. lugubris (Meigen, 1826)
• H. merzi Kameneva, 2007
• H. nigrina (Meigen, 1826)
• H. oscillans (Meigen, 1826)
• H. paludum (Fallén, 1820)
• H. palustris (Meigen, 1826)
• H. parva (Loew, 1864)
• H. pseudoluctuosa Hennig, 1939
• H. rivosecchii Merz, 2002^[3]
• H. scutellaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
• H. tristis (Meigen, 1826)
• H. yunnanica Kamaneva, 2006^[6]

Notes and References

1. Clements . David.K. . Merz . Bernhard. . 1998 . Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain. . Dipterists Digest . 5 . 2 . second series . 55–67 . . Print . 0953-7260 .
2. Clements . David.K. . 1997 . Habitat preferences and distributional details: Ulidiids and Platystomatids. . Picture-winged Flies Recording Scheme . 1 . 3–5 . . Print .
3. Merz. B.. A revision of the Herina lugubris species group (Diptera, Ulidiidae, Otitinae), with the description of two new species. Revue suisse de zoologie. 2002. 109. 407–431. 7 August 2017. 10.5962/bhl.part.79599. free.
4. Web site: Fauna Europaea project. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015041004/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=405851. dead. October 15, 2012. 20 August 2011.
5. Book: Chandler, Peter J. . 1998 . Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera . . 12 . 1 . 122 . 0-901546-82-8 . . London .
6. Kameneva . E.P. . 2006 . East Asian and Papuan species of the genus Herina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Ulidiidae, Otitinae) . Instrumenta Biodiversitatis . 7 . 15–59 . Print .