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Sargus flavipes

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Sargus flavipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Sarginae
Genus: Sargus
Species:
S. flavipes
Binomial name
Sargus flavipes
Meigen, 1822[1]
Synonyms

Sargus flavipes, the yellow-legged centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [6][7][8]

Description

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Body length: 7–9 mm. Yellow legs. Males have a green abdomen and thorax; females have a black abdomen with purple reflections.[5]

Biology

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The habitat is meadowland and woodland. The adult flies from May to October. Larvae have been found in cow dung and compost.

Distribution

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It is found in Europe, including European Russia.

References

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  1. ^ Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1849). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descipta. Tomus octavus seu supplementum, continens conspectum synopticum familiarium, generum et specierum, addenda, corrigenda et emendata tomis septtem prioribus. Lundae [= Lund.]: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. 2935–3366.
  3. ^ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
  4. ^ Loew, H. (1855). "Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Sargus" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 5: 131–148. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. ^ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
  7. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
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