Scoliocentra villosa is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae.

[1] This species was described in 1830 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen as Helomyza villosa [1] .

It is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura, usually one pair of setae on the prothorax, hairy mesopleura and numerous hairs at the base of the rear notopleural setae.For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

Scoliocentra villosa adult insects and saprophagous larvae are found in burrows and caves It is known from Ireland, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia through Siberia to the Far East East[2] [3] Content in this edit is translated from the existing Polish Wikipedia article at pl:Scoliocentra villosa; see its history for attribution

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