Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/19A31A16-2420-D257-2D6E-EC1FDD82371C |
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Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 |
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Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Muscidae
Genus Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 View in CoL View at ENA
Remarks.
Another speciose genus, present in all biogeographic regions. There are 81 European species of which 14 are known from the Balkan Peninsula. Adults are mostly found on flowers or resting on tree trunks, wooden posts, etc. Larvae are carnivorous and live in soil, in fungi and in decaying wood. Some live in the tunnels of wood boring beetles ( Scolytidae ) and feed on their larvae.
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