Cylindromyia interrupta

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Cylindromyia interrupta
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Cylindromyia interrupta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Phasiinae
Tribe: Cylindromyiini
Genus: Cylindromyia
Subgenus: Neocyptera
Species:
C. interrupta
Binomial name
Cylindromyia interrupta
(Meigen, 1824) [1]
Synonyms

Cylindromyia interrupta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, Russia and in North America ( Alaska to California, North Dakota, Colorado and New Jersey). [7] These tachinid flies live in hedge rows and dry meadows. [8]

Description

Cylindromyia interrupta can reach a length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in) and a wingspan of 12 millimetres (0.47 in). [8] [9] Body is slender. Thorax is black, while the abdomen is reddish with two silver rings, a wide longitudinal black marking and black apical tergites. Hind tibiae have 1 or 2 posteroventral bristles. Apical scutellars are absent. The abdomen has median discal bristles on tergites 1, 2, 3 and 4. [10] The bright white calypteres stand out. [9]

Biology

Adults can be found from May to August. They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of Apiaceae (especially Leucanthemum vulgare ). [8] This tachnid fly parasitizes moths and true bugs (Hemiptera). The larvae develop inside the living host. [9] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Loew, H. (1844). "Zur Kenntnis der Ocyptera-Arten". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 5: 226–240–⁠266–269. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN   0-901546-82-8.
  5. ↑ Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks . 10 (4ai). Royal Entomological Society of London: 170.
  6. ↑ van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks . 10 (4a). Royal Entomological Society of London: 133.
  7. 1 2 O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 Commanster
  9. 1 2 3 John Sankey Insects in an Urban Garden - Diptera
  10. ↑ Key to the genus Cylindromyia - Tachinid Recording Scheme
  11. ↑ The Tachinid Times


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