Silba fumosa

Silba fumosa is a species of fly in the family Lonchaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic.The flies reach a body length of about 4 millimeters. Their body is metallic dark blue in color. The mesonotum is dull in the male and shiny along the middle in the female. The legs are black, the wings brownish. The tegulum has a light seta fringe.They are found in mature woodland.^[2][3][4][5]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Diptera

Family:Lonchaeidae

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Silba fumosa
Silba fumosa North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Lonchaeidae
Genus:	Silba
Species:	S. fumosa
Binomial name
Silba fumosa (Egger, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
Lonchaea fumosa Egger, 1863 Setisquamalonchaea fumosa (Egger, 1862) Lonchaea flavipennis Morge, 1959 Setisquamalonchaea flavipennis (Morge, 1959) Setisquamalonchaea flavidipennis

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