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.
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).
Comments:
Adults have been collected on Melampyrum
nemorosum [Scrophulariaceae] (Spencer,
1976: 454).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Added to the British checklist
by Henshaw in Chandler, 1998. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Germany, Finland, Sweden,
Russia (Spencer, 1976: 454),
Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland and Slovakia (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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