Acrosathe annulata
Appearance
Acrosathe annulata | |
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Acrosathe annulata Dinle beach, North Wales. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Therevidae |
Genus: | Acrosathe |
Species: | A. annulata
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Binomial name | |
Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
Bibio annulata Fabricius, 1805 |
Acrosathe annulata, also known as coastal silver-stiletto, is a species of stiletto fly belonging to the family Therevidae.[1][2][3] It is a Palearctic species that is widely distributed in Europe.[1][2]
Description
[edit]"Male entirely covered with silvery pubescence; female without any shining black frontal callus. Halteres whitish. Femora blackish in both sexes. Fourth posterior cell closed".[4]
Biology
[edit]Its habitats are sand dunes and sand hills. They rest on hot bare sand among marram.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805) [Coastal Silver-stiletto]". National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1909. BHL Full text with illustrations