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Tetanocera elata (Fabricius) (a snail-killing fly)

Suggested Literature

General Works

Knutson, L., Stephenson, J.W. & Berg, C.O., 1965 Biology of a slug-killing fly, Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)

Tetanocera elata may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
ACALYPTRATA
(acalypterate flies)
SCIOMYZIDAE
(snail-killing flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tetanocera elata is associated with:

larva Deroceras laeve - Marsh Slug (Stylommatophora: Limacidae) larva is endoparasitoid of Knutson, L., Stephenson, J.W. & Berg, C.O., 1965 [fide Speight, 2004]
Photos larva Deroceras reticulatum - Netted Slug (Stylommatophora: Limacidae) larva is endoparasitoid of Knutson, L., Stephenson, J.W. & Berg, C.O., 1965 [fide Speight, 2004]

There may be more taxa associated with Tetanocera elata listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Tetanocera elata:

Tetanocera elata may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Knutson, L., Stephenson, J.W. & Berg, C.O., 1965 Biology of a slug-killing fly, Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)

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