Palloptera ustulata
Appearance
Palloptera ustulata | |
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Palloptera ustulata Netherlands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Pallopteridae |
Genus: | Palloptera |
Species: | P. ustulata
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Binomial name | |
Palloptera ustulata Fallen, 1820
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Palloptera ustulata is a species of fly in the family Pallopteridae. It is found in the Palearctic The wings are diffusely shaded brown with a darker tip. The back of the head is largely black.The face and antennae are yellow.The thorax is black with a fairly long whitish pilosity (also found on the yellow abdomen).The legs, tarsi and halteres are yellowish.Long. : 4 mm.The larvae develop under the bark of deciduous trees. [1][2][3] It is part of a species complex and difficult to determine with certainty.
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf