Renocera pallida
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| Renocera pallida | |
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| Renocera pallida North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
| Genus: | Renocera |
| Species: | R. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Renocera pallida (Fallén, 1820) | |
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Renocera pallida is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic[1]
It is 4.5-5.5 mm. long.The interocular space is glossy and on its anterior margin with a white reflection as an extension of the ocellar plate.The orbital plates are grey and shiny; the rest of the interocular space of a reddish matt; epistome as protruding downwards as the cheeks (or peristome).The antennae are rufous (third article burnished at the apex). The body is testaceous with a slight ashy sheen. The tarsi are also burnished. The dark wings have shaded transverse veins. Abdomen burnished. [2][3] The larvae are predators of Sphaeriidae[4]
