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Meromyza saltatrix (Wheat Stem Maggot Fly)

Synonyms: Meromyza pigra; Musca minuta (heterotypic); Musca pigra (heterotypic); Musca saltatrix (heterotypic)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Dungeness 7966 England, United Kingdom
Morfa Harlech a Morfa Dyffryn 2626 Wales, United Kingdom
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Endromopoda detrita[2]
Eupelmus microzonus[2]
Lindenius albilabris[2]
Lindenius panzeri[2]
Stenomalina micans[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Stenomalina micans[2]
Pollinator of 
Malva moschata (musk mallow)[2]
Tanacetum bipinnatum bipinnatum (Tansy)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0