Calliopum

<i>Calliopum</i>

Calliopum

Genus of flies

Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.

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Description

Calliopum sp. in a meadow
Calliopum sp., Lateral view

Most, but not all, are luscious black or metallic flies.[1] They are smaller than 5 mm and usually have iridescent eyes. Adults can be found from May until December in meadows and hedge rows.[2] The larvae may be phytophagous or saprophagous, mainly feeding on rotting vegetable matter or mining clover leaves.[3]

Distribution

These species are present on most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa.[4]

Species

References

  1. [1]
    Шаталкин, Анатолий Иванович (2000). Определитель палеарктических мух семейства Lauxaniidae (Diptera) [Keys to the Palaearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae (Diptera)] (Print) (in Russian). Vol. 5. Moscow: Zoologicheskie Issledovania. p. 102.
  2. [2]
    Commanster
  3. [3]
    Semelbauer, Marek; Kozánek, Milan (2012). "Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lauxania and Calliopum (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)". Zootaxa. 3346. Magnolia Press: 1–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3346.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
  4. [4]
    Fauna Europaea
  5. [5]
    Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  6. [6]
    Collin, J. E. (1933). "Five new species of Diptera". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 69: 272–275.
  7. [7]
    Carles-Tolra, M. (2001). "Calliopum tripodium sp n. a new lauxaniid species from Andorra (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)". Zapateri. 9: 103–105.


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