Oedoparena minor is a small (wing length 4.0-6.4) coastal fly from the family Dryomyzidae.[1]

Oedoparena minor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dryomyzidae
Genus: Oedoparena
Species:
O. minor
Binomial name
Oedoparena minor
Suwa, 1981[1]

Distribution

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Hokkaido, Japan.[1]

Ecology

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The ecology of this species is little known, Adults have been reared from Pupa found in the empty shells of dead barnacles.[1] This is not unlike the life style of a North American species Oedoparena glauca, where the larvae feed on living barnacle, before pupating in a now empty barnical shell and then the adult flies emerge during the morning low tide.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Suwa, Masaaki (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)" (pdf). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 20. Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido University: 29–35.
  2. ^ Burger, J.F.; Anderson, J.R.; Knudsen, M.F. (1980). "The habits and life history of Oedoparena glauca (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash. (Print). 82: 360–377.