Lifestyle:
Unknown.
Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.
The larva is described by Dempewolf (2001:
123).
Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in southern England
(Spencer, 1976: 183); Cambridgeshire, East Kent, Elgin and South-west Yorkshire
(NBN
Atlas). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark,
Finland, Poland, Estonia, Austria, Switzerland (Spencer,
1976: 183), Germany (Dempewolf,
2001: 123), Czech Republic, French mainland, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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