Platystoma lugubre

Platystoma lugubre
Platystoma lugubre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platystomatidae
Genus: Platystoma
Species: P. lugubre
Binomial name
Platystoma lugubre
Synonyms

Platystoma lugubre is a species of flies in the family Platystomatidae.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:[1]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East.[2]

Habitat

These flies mainly inhabit the edges of forests, parks, gardens, woodlands, scrubs and cemeteries.[3]

Description

Side view

Platystoma lugubre can reach a length of 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in). These medium-sized flies have a body mottled with greyish and yellow. The upperside of the abdomen is shiny black with two large spots of yellow gray pollonisity. The lower part of the abdomen is lemon yellow. The large eyes are reddish. Halteres are redish yellow. Legs are black. Wings are black, mottled with transparent spots.[3][4]

This species is rather similar to Platystoma seminationis, but the latter is clearly smaller and quite common.[3]

Biology

Adults feed on nectar, while the larvae are coprophagous and develop on dead vertebrates, buried corpses and decomposing plant material.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Fauna europaea
  3. 1 2 3 4 Insektarium
  4. ↑ George C. Steyskal Keys to The Insects of The European Part of The USSR
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