Stratiomys singularior

Stratiomys singularior, the flecked general, is a Palearcticspecies of soldier fly. [1]

Stratiomys singularior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Stratiomyinae
Tribe:
Stratiomyini
Genus:
Stratiomys
Species:
S. singularior
Binomial name
Stratiomys singularior
(Harris, 1776)
Synonyms

Description

Body length 13,5-17 mm. Eyes of the male hairy, and those of the female without any yellow postocular collar. Tibiae and venter mainly black, the latter with pale bands. Abdomen dorsally with three pairs of small, yellow spots and the apex yellow or orange.[2] [3] [4][5]

Biology

Found in wetland habitats, humid places, brackish water from June to August. The adults feed on the nectar and pollen of Umbelliferae. The larvae are detritus feeding in shallow, sometimes temporary pools.

Distribution

Western Europe, European Russia, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia.

See also
  • List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References
  1. 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.
  2. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
  3. George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
  4. 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.
  5. William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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