Suillia tuberiperda, the truffle fly, is a European species of heleomyzidae.[1]
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Tribe: | Suilliini
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Species: | S. tuberiperda
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Suillia tuberiperda (Rondani, 1867)
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Its larvae develop in truffles, a behavior exploited in the search for truffles. The eggs are deposited in the soil above the fruiting bodies, and the emerging larvae dig for the truffles.[2]