Miltogramma punctata
| Miltogramma punctata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sarcophagidae |
| Genus: | Miltogramma |
| Species: | M.punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Miltogramma punctata Meigen, 1824 | |
Miltogramma punctata is a species of fly belonging to the family Sarcophagidae subfamily Miltogramminae [1]
Description
Miltogramma punctata is 5·5-9·5mm long. The tergites have three fixed brown spots near the hind margin. The third antennal segment is fuscous, and with only the extreme base orange red. The thorax is more greyish dusted shifting vittae. In the male the fourth segment of fore tarsus at the apex of the posterior surface with two tufts of long black bristles; the anterior surface with numerous setulose hairs.
Biology
The larvae develop in nests of fossorial Hymenoptera, especially Colletes. The adults occur mainly in sunny, especially sandy places, often "shadowing" the female Hymenoptera. The species occurs across Europe [2]
References
- ↑ Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol. X. Part 4(a): Diptera Cyclorrhapha – Calyptrata (I) Section (a). Tachinidae and Calliphoridae (1st portion) (2nd portion), by F.I. van Emden (1954), Royal Entomological Society of London
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
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