Xylophagus ater
| Xylophagus ater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Xylophagidae |
| Genus: | Xylophagus |
| Species: | X. ater |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylophagus ater Meigen, 1804 | |
Xylophagus ater is a species of awl flies belonging to the family Xylophagidae found in Central Europe and North Europe.
Description
The basal segment of the antenna is long, the length at least 3 times the width. In males the mesonotum is finely sculptured, shining, with two inconspicuous stripes of golden hairs. Females have three pollinose stripes on the mesonotum.The body length is 8 to 15 millimeters.
Biology
Larvae of Xylophagus ater are predatory. They feed on beetle larvae of the families Cerambycidae and Pyrochroidae which develop in dead branches of a wide variety of broadleaved trees.
References
- Stubbs, A. and Drake, M - British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera, pp. 512 - British Entomological & Natural History Society
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