scuttle fly

English

Etymology

So called from the jerky short bursts of running in the adults.

Noun

scuttle fly (plural scuttle flies)

  1. Megaselia scalaris, a phorid fly.

See also
  • Appendix:List of sequence animal genomes/October 2014
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