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Sargus cuprarius

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Sargus cuprarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Sarginae
Genus: Sargus
Species:
S. cuprarius
Binomial name
Sargus cuprarius
Synonyms

Sargus cuprarius, the clouded centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [4][5][6]

Description

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Body length 6–12 mm. Green eyes with a purple transverse line, upper edge dark or violet. Face and frons with erect fine black hair; White spot at the base of each antenna. Proboscis yellowish brown. Black antennae. A shiny metallic green blue thorax, covered with fine yellow hair ( whitish in male). Wings with distinct darker spots below stigma. Black legs, yellow knees. Abdomen copper, darker than the thorax with a purple or violet end (male); violet with a copper base (female) [7][8][9] [10]

Biology

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Found in open and wooded habitats and humid places, from June. Larva in decomposing vegetable matter.

Distribution

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It is found in Western Europe, North and South European Russia, the Caucasus, mountains of Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America.

References

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  1. ^ a b Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii. pp. 824 pp. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  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. ^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1–440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  7. ^ Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
  8. ^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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