Window flies
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Scenopinus sp. |
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| Curtis , 1836 |
The window flies (Scenopinidae) are a family of the two-winged (Diptera). Here they are counted among the flies .
features
The body of the window fly is almost completely hairless. The short and wide proboscis of the animals is provided with labels that are suitable for dabbing on liquid.
Way of life
Some types of window flies like to stay in apartments, especially on the windows. This also includes the native species Scenopinus fenestralis , which can grow up to six millimeters long and is black in color.
The larvae resemble those of the lynx flies (Therevidae) both in appearance and in their way of life. They are predatory and also hunt the caterpillars of clothes moths in homes . The larvae of other species can be found in mushrooms or under bark as well as in the nests of birds and mammals . It is believed that they mainly feed on dead organic material and that they rarely hunt live prey. The dolls of the window flies are quite mobile.
Systematics
The window fly family is represented in Europe with two genera and 16 species. Around 400 representatives of this group are known worldwide, but only three live in Germany .
- Caenoneura nigra Kelsey , 1969
- Scenopinus albicinctus ( Rossi , 1794)
- Scenopinus bulbapennis Kelsey , 1969
- Scenopinus canarius Kelsey , 1969
- Scenopinus efflatouni Kelsey , 1969
- Scenopinus fenestralis ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Scenopinus glabrifrons Meigen , 1824
- Scenopinus gobiensis Kelsey , 1981
- Scenopinus griseus ( Kröber , 1913)
- Scenopinus halteralis Frey , 1936
- Scenopinus lesinensis Strobl , 1902
- Scenopinus niger ( De Geer , 1776)
- Scenopinus retuertensis Carles-Tolrá , 2001
- Scenopinus unifasciatus ( Kröber , 1913)
- Scenopinus verrucosus Carles-Tolrá , 2001
- Scenopinus vitripennis Meigen , 1824
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scenopinidae. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on June 4, 2008 .
literature
- Klaus Honomichl, Heiko Bellmann : Biology and ecology of insects. CD-Rom, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1994.
