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Piezura

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Piezura is a small genus of small flies of the family Fanniidae. Distribution is mostly restricted to the Holarctic biogeographic region.^[1] Two species, P. pardalina and P. graminicola are found in Europe.^[2] Unlike the other Fanniidae, Piezura have plumose arista.

^ Moores, A.; Savage, J. (2005). "A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)". Zootaxa. 1096: 41–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1096.1.4.
^ Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Institute of Landscape Ecology. pp. 1–80.
^ Nishida, K. (1975). "Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from Japan III: Description of Piezura nigrigenus sp. nov. and Fannia japonica amamiensis subsp. nov. and redescription of Platycoenosia mikii Strobl, 1894". Jap. J. Sanit. Zool. 26 (1): 21–24. doi:10.7601/mez.26.21.

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Piezura is a small genus of small flies of the family Fanniidae. Distribution is mostly restricted to the Holarctic biogeographic region. Two species, P. pardalina and P. graminicola are found in Europe. Unlike the other Fanniidae, Piezura have plumose arista.