Dark-winged ( Lat. Sciara ) - a genus of diptera insects from the family of leaf mosquitoes.
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| Sciara Meigen , 1803 |
The genus is characterized by sixteen-segmented, short-haired bent antennae, longer in males than in females, 3 eyes, large, almost touching facet eyes from above, and wings lying flat on top of the body at rest.
Larvae feed on decaying or living plant matter.
Some Views
- Sciara flavimana Zetterstedt , 1851
- Sciara flavomarginata Mohrig & Mamaev, 1982
- Sciara hemerobioides ( Scopoli , 1763)
- Sciara humeralis Zetterstedt , 1851
- Sciara lackschewitzi (Lengersdorf, 1934)
- Sciara ruficauda Meigen , 1818
- Sciara ulrichi Menzel & Mohrig, 1998
Literature
- Rimsky-Korsakov M.N. Darkwing // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.