Species Account for Dicraeus raptus
Dicraeus raptus (Haliday, 1838)
Diptera: other groups: Chloropidae
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 3 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Species text
This small fly is widely distributed in southern England and Wales. It is particularly associated with woodland rides and edges, particularly on calcareous soils. Larvae develop in the seeds of hairy brome Bromus ramosus (Recorder species account). There are only two other widely scattered county records. References
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