Loewia foeda explained

Loewia foeda is a European and North America species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was first found in North America in 1972. The species is a parasitoid of centipedes.[5] [6]

Distribution

Canada, United States, British Isles, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fauna Europaea version 2.4 . 23 September 2012 . European Commission . 23 September 2012 .
  2. Book: Chandler, Peter J. . 1998 . Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera . . 12 . 1 . 1–234 . 0-901546-82-8 . . London .
  3. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4ai . 170.
  4. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I. . 1954. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4a . 133.
  5. Book: Marshall . S. A. . Insects : their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America . 2017 . Firefly Books Ltd . Buffalo, New York . 9781770859623 . 486 . Second.
  6. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 1 July 2023 . 5 March 2020.