Chorisops tibialis

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Chorisops tibialis
Chorisops tibialis, Graig-fechan, North Wales, July 2015 (1) (23311609559).jpg
Chorisops tibialis Graig-fechan, North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Beridinae
Genus: Chorisops
Species:
C. tibialis
Binomial name
Chorisops tibialis
(Meigen, 1820) [1]
Synonyms

Chorisops tibialis, the dull four-spined legionnaire, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. [4] [5] [6]

A small (Size 3 to 4 mm.) slender fly. The male has a metallic green thorax and scutellum (both are greenish black in females). The humeri may be yellowish. The scutellum bears four yellow spines. The abdomen in both males and females is yellow (discally) and black at the sides and posteriorly. The male has black and tan banded legs. Females have yellow legs with dark tarsi. The clear wings have dark stigma. The habitat is moist or shaded locations with trees. Males sometimes in rapidly moving swarms. Adults are found from June to September. The saproxylic larvae found in decaying wood debris and rot holes of trees.

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References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Costa, A. (1857). "Contribuzione alla fauna ditterologica italiana". Giambattista Vico, Gior. Sci. Napoli. 2: 438–460.
  3. ↑ Brunetti, Enrico Adelelmo (1923). "Second revision of the Oriental Stratiomyidae". Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta). 25: 45–180.
  4. ↑ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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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