Blera (fly)
Blera is primarily a North American genus, though there are 3 species from Europe.
The genus is characterized by the following characters:
- face with distinct central knob, less developed in females; frons distinctly produced
- antennae shorter than head width, arista dorsal
- body covered long sometimes dense hairs
- legs simple bare and undeveloped metasternite
- short apical section of vein R 4+5
There are keys to American and British species.
Species
- Blera ambigua
- Blera analis
- Blera armillata
- Blera badia
- Blera chillcotti Thompson, 2012
- Blera confusa Johnson, 1913
- Blera eoa
- Blera equimacula Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
- Blera fallax
- Blera ferdinandi
- Blera flukei
- Blera garretti
- Blera himalaya Thompson, 2000
- Blera humeralis
- Blera japonica
- Blera johnsoni
- Blera kyotoensis
- Blera lonigseta Barkalov & Cheng, 2011
- Blera metcalfi
- Blera nigra
- Blera nigrescens Shiraki, 1968
- Blera nigripes
- Blera nitens
- Blera notata
- Blera ochrozona
- Blera pictipes
- Blera robusta
- Blera scitula
- Blera shirakii Barkalov & Mutin, 1991
- Blera umbratilis
- Blera violovitshi Mutin, 1991
- Blera yudini Barkalov, 1991
Image:Blera scitula 159321439.jpg|Western Wood Fly
Blera scitula
Image:Blera humeralis 2.png|Yellow-legged Wood Fly
Blera humeralis
image:Blera pictipes whole.png|The Painted Wood Fly
Blera pictipes
Image:Painted Wood Fly - Blera pictipes.jpg|Painted Wood Fly
Blera ''pictipes''