Pachygaster leachii
Pachygaster leachii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
Genus: | Pachygaster |
Species: | P. leachii |
Binomial name | |
Pachygaster leachii Stephens in Curtis, 1824 | |
Pachygaster leachii, the yellow-legged black, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description
A minute (body length 2,5-3,5 mm.) lustrous black fly with a round abdomen Body length 2-3 mm. Brilliant black.Eyes brown-red (male), obscure green (female).Yellow antennae (male and female). Legs pale yellow except a blackish ring,sometimes quite wide, at the apex of femora III. Yellowish wings with pale veins .Halteres yellowish-brown at the base. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Biology
The habitat is woodland with oak and elm. Associated with alder, hazel. The flight period is from June to August.
Distribution
Northwest European Russia, Caucasus, Trans-Caucasus. Western Europe
See also
References
- ↑ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
- ↑ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
- ↑ E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
- ↑ William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols
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