Pherbellia ventralis

Pherbellia ventralis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae.

[1] Pherbellia ventralis is a small sciomyzid (body lengths up to 4.5 mm.).

The body is dark grey blue to blue grey contrasting with the yellowish brown abdomen.The mid-frontal stripe is short.

[2][3] The larvae feed on aquatic snails including Stagnicola palustris .

[4] This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Sciomyzoidea is a stub.