Species Account for Zophomyia temula
Zophomyia temula (Scopoli, 1763)
Diptera: other groups: Tachinidae
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Taxonomic group: flies (other) (Diptera: other groups) - County data
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 4 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Species text
This is a rare parasitic fly, recorded from S.England, Midlands (Worcs), Wales and Westmorland (Belshaw, 1993). This survey records the fly new to Essex. Its host is unknown, but localities include woodland, calcareous grassland and coastal dunes (Falk, in press). References
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