Pteromicra angustipennis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Pteromicra angustipennis
Pteromicra angustipennis North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Pteromicra
Species:
P. angustipennis
Binomial name
Pteromicra angustipennis
(Stæger, 1845)

Pteromicra angustipennis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1] It is a small sciomyzid (3.5 mm.) with 1 + 2 dorsocentral bristles.The transverse veins of the wings have no shadows but they are distinctly shaded at the apex. [2][3] The larvae predators of terrestrial snails or stranded freshwater pulmonate snails.[4]

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