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Tephrochlamys rufiventris is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The body length is 5 to 6 mm. The head has both setae and bristles on the gena. The thorax is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura, a bare prothorax and metathoracic setae in a 0+3 arrangement, with the first pair of suture setae lying closer to the suture than to the second pair. The posterior and anterior metathoracic setae are almost the same length, and the hairs between them are placed in more than four rows. The wings have short and monochromatic pterostigmas and spine-like bristles on the costal vein longer than the hair.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tephrochlamys rufiventris being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Heleomyzidae
- Genus
- Tephrochlamys
- Species
- Tephrochlamys rufiventris
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