Conicera tibialis Schmitz.

Disney, R. H. L., Prescher, S. & Ashmole, N. P., 2010, Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4), pp. 107-218 : 115

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFC1-FFC5-FE54-FE91FE065491

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Conicera tibialis Schmitz.
status

 

Conicera tibialis Schmitz. View in CoL The coffin fly

( Figures 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 )

Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925 .

Phora albipennis Meigen, 1830 , in part.

Conicera similis Schmitz, 1924 . Misidentification.

Conicera fallens Schmitz, 1948 .

Conicera sobria Schmitz, 1936 .

Previous records

Tenerife.

New records

La Palma, Parc National de la Caldera, Playa de Taburiente , 750 m, 20 September 20 December 1999 ( T. Domingo-Quero, MNCMN) .

Natural history

The larvae are carrion feeders, especially in buried human corpses. They are also reported as scavengers in wasp and bird nests. The adults visit a range of flowers, especially Apiaceae .

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Conicera

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