Woodlouse-parasite

Guides

• Stevenia deceptoria

  Grizzled Woodlouse-fly

  Stevenia deceptoria is a parasitoid fly in the family Rhinophoridae, originally described from the Palaearctic region and recently recorded in North America for the first time. Like other rhinophorids, it parasitizes terrestrial woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscoidea). The species is known as the Grizzled Woodlouse-fly in vernacular usage.

  parasitoidwoodlouse-parasitePalaearctic-originNorth-American-introduction