Species Account for Macronychia polyodon
Macronychia polyodon (Meigen, 1824)
Diptera: other groups: Sarcophagidae
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Saproxylic species
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 3 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Species text
The NBN Gateway map for this species shows records from seven scattered 10km squares in England. It is a small fly, whose larvae develop in the nests of a range of aculeates including sphecid wasps in the genera Crossocerus and Ectemnius and the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (Recorder species account). References
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Recorded management for locations with Macronychia polyodon
Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Macronychia polyodon
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