Herina frondescentiae is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae[2][3] It is wetland species of about 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) in length.[4] found in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Ukraine, Croatia, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Switzerland.[5]

Herina frondescentiae
Herina frondescentiae North Wales
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H. frondescentiae
Binomial name
Herina frondescentiae
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Musca frondescentiae Linnaeus, 1758[1]

This fly is characterized by a pattern on the wings consisting of four transverse stripes, fused together to form a shape similar to "U" and "M". Females have at most 3.5 times longer than wide eighth tergosternite and oval abdominal bracts . Their spermatheca is characterized by an oblong-oval shape. The reproductive organs of males are distinguished by surstyles bent in the middle , each of which is equipped with three prensisetae set in the middle and two sets in the middle-base part.[6]


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  1. ^ 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. p. 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  2. ^ "Fauna Europaea project". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Dipterists Forum". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ Clements, David K.; Merz, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. second series. 5 (2). Dipterists Forum: 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260.
  5. ^ Kameneva, E. P. (2007). "A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland with a key to European species and notes on nomenclature and distribution" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.
  6. ^ Kameneva, E. P. A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland, with a key to european species and notes on nomenclature and distribution. Vestnik zoologii. 41 (5), s. 405–421, 2007.

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