Thoracochaeta zosterae

Thoracochaeta zosterae
	Thoracochaeta zosterae North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Genus:	Thoracochaeta
Species:	T. zosterae
Binomial name
	Thoracochaeta zosterae; Haliday, 1833

Thoracochaeta zosterae is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic .^[1]^[2]^[3] Thoracochaeta zosterae is a typical inhabitant of sea coasts. The larvae live in seaweed.

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Pitkin BR (1988). Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.
^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Pitkin BR (1988). Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.

[3] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4.

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