Pherbellia ventralis explained

Pherbellia ventralis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .^[1] Pherbellia ventralis is a small sciomyzid (body lengths up to 4.5 mm.). The body is dark grey blue to blue grey contrasting with theyellowish brown abdomen.The mid-frontal stripe is short. ^{[2] [3]} The larvae feed on aquatic snails including Stagnicola palustris .^[4]

External links

• Images representing Pherbellia ventralis at BOLD

Notes and References

1. [Fauna Europaea]
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.
3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
4. Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press