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The larva live in the water and prey on several terrestrial genera of snails.

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten) Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Zweiflügler) Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha] Superfamily: Sciomyzoidea Family: Sciomyzidae (marsh flies or snail-killing flies, Netzfliegen oder Hornfliegen) Genus: Coremacera RONDANI, 1856 maybe: Coremacera marginata FABRICIUS, 1775 [det. Manuel Valdueza, 2012, based on this photo]

more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coremacera_marginata

The larvae prey on several terrestrial genera of snails! more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciomyzidae and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coremacera_marginata

NE-Slovakia, Slovak Paradise (Slovak: Slovenský raj) National Park, vic Cingov, 500-600m asl., 26.06.2012

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