Tetanocera robusta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and NearcticFauna EuropaeaBei-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. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf The larvae develop in aquatic pulmonate snails including Gyraulus, Helisoma, Lymnaea, Physa, Planorbis. The habitat is marshy borders of lakes and ponds and permanent marshes.Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press B. A. Foote, L. V. Knutson, J. B. Keiper, 1999 The snail-killing flies of Alaska (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Insecta Mundi, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, March–June, 1999 pdf
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