Blera (fly)
Introduction ''Blera'' is primarily a North American genus, though there are 3 species from Europe.The genus is characterized by the following characters: *face with distinct central knob, less developed in females; frons distinctly produced*antennae shorter than head width, arista dorsal*body covered long sometimes dense hairs*legs simple bare and undeveloped metasternite*short apical section of vein R 4+5 The larvae are found in decaying heartwood in roots of trees and stumps.There are keys to American and British species. external map
Species *''Blera ambigua'' (Shiraki, 1968)*''Blera analis'' (Macquart, 1842)*''Blera armillata'' (Osten Sacken, 1875)*''Blera badia'' (Walker, 1849)*''Blera chillcotti'' Thompson, 2012*''Blera confusa'' Johnson, 1913*''Blera eoa'' (Stackelberg, 1928)*''Blera equimacula'' Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007*''Blera fallax'' (Linnaeus, 1758)*''Blera ferdinandi'' (Hervé-Bazin, 1914)*''Blera flukei'' (Curran, 1953)*''Blera garretti'' (Curran, 1924)*''Blera himalaya'' Thompson, 2000*''Blera humeralis'' (Williston, 1882)*''Blera japonica'' (Shiraki, 1930)*''Blera johnsoni'' (Coquillett, 1894)*''Blera kyotoensis'' (Shiraki, 1952)*''Blera lonigseta'' Barkalov & Cheng, 2011*''Blera metcalfi'' (Curran, 1925)*''Blera nigra'' (Williston, 1887)*''Blera nigrescens'' Shiraki, 1968*''Blera nigripes'' (Curran, 1925)*''Blera nitens'' (Stackelberg, 1923)*''Blera notata'' (Wiedemann, 1830)*''Blera ochrozona'' (Stackelberg, 1928)*''Blera pictipes'' (Bigot, 1884)*''Blera robusta'' (Curran, 1922)*''Blera scitula'' (Williston, 1887)*''Blera shirakii'' Barkalov & Mutin, 1991*''Blera umbratilis'' (Williston, 1887)*''Blera violovitshi'' Mutin, 1991*''Blera yudini'' Barkalov, 1991 Image:Blera scitula 159321439.jpg|Western Wood Fly ''Blera scitula''Image:Blera humeralis 2.png|Yellow-legged Wood Fly ''Blera humeralis'' image:Blera pictipes whole.png|The Painted Wood Fly ''Blera pictipes''Image:Painted Wood Fly - Blera pictipes (50343751071).jpg|Painted Wood Fly ''Blera'' ''pictipes''
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