Prosena siberita

Prosena siberita is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1]

Prosena siberita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tachinidae
Subfamily:
Dexiinae
Tribe:
Dexiini
Genus:
Prosena
Species:
P. siberita
Binomial name
Prosena siberita
(Fabricius,1775)
Synonyms

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe,[2] Central Asia, Japan, Mongolia, China, Russia, Transcaucasia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia and New Caledonia. It has been introduced and established in United States.[3][4]

Description
Dorsal view

Prosena siberita can reach a body length of 7.5–10.5 millimetres (0.30–0.41 in).[5] These flies have a grey dusted, fuscous or testaceour body. In males the abdomen is largely testaceous, while in females it is fuscous, densely grey dusted. Thorax shows some yellowish hairs. They have a very long and slender proboscis that they keep hinged under the body. The length of the proboscis is longer thatn the height of the head. Palpi are highly reduced. Eyes arereddish-brown and bare. Femora are reddish. Wings are hyaline, yellowish-brown at the base.[5][6]

Biology

Prosena siberita is a univoltine species. Adults are harmless nectar feeders on flowers of various plants (Clematis gouriana, Gnaphalium sp., Tecoma castanifolia, Seseli libanotis, Patrinia scabiosifolia, etc.).[7] Their larvae parasitize the larvae of various "Sericini", "Melolonthini" and "Anomalini" scarab beetles [5] (Popillia japonica, Adoretus, Anomala, Leucopholis species).[5][6][8]

Bibliography
  • James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
  • Sabrosky and Arnaud, in Stone et al., 1965, Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico, p. 987.

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Fauna europaea
  3. Catalogue of life
  4. James E. O’Hara and Pierfilippo Cerretti Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera
  5. Robert Belshaw "Tachinid Flies, Diptera: Tachinidae", Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol. 10, Part 4a(i), page 108, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1993.
  6. E.A. Heinrichs Biology and Management of Rice Insects
  7. A.S. Desai, Tukaram Vithalrao Sathe, Prakash Bhoje Floral host plants of Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Kolhapur and Satara districts, India Department of Zoology, Shivaji University,
  8. The parasites of Popillia japonica in Japan and Chosen (Korea), and their introduction into United States United States of Agricolture – Dept. Bull. n. 1429
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