Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conioscinella zetterstedti

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 19-08-2022 11:38
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Chloropidae: Conioscinella zetterstedti Andersson, 1966, in earlier times identified by many authors as "C. brachyptera (Zetterstedt, 1848)" but not identical with Aphanotrigonum brachypterum (Zetterstedt, 1848). A typical species in marine dunes covered with Ammophila arenaria; Europe until Siberia and Kamchatka, North America. Mass occurrence in Barber traps among Ammopgila tussocks. A detailed article: Brauns, A. 1938: Die Flügelrückbildung bei der Strandfliege Conioscinella brachyptera Zett. (Diptera; Chloropidae) und die Beziehungen zur Ausbildung der Flügelsinneskuppeln. - Zoologischer Anzeiger 123(10-12): 281-295.