Hybos culiciformis

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Hybos culiciformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Hybotinae
Genus: Hybos
Species:
H. culiciformis
Binomial name
Hybos culiciformis
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms

Hybos culiciformis, common name dance fly, is a species of fly belonging to the family hybotid. [6] [7]

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Description

Hybos culiciformis can reach a size of 3.5 to 5.5 mm. It has large yellowish thoracic setae, row of setae on the mid femur and strong setae on mid tibiae. Mesonotum is finely dusted. It flies from June to September and feeds on small insects.

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread in Europe and in the Near East. It can be found in woodland edges and on hedgerows.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Roser, K.L.F. von (1840). "Erster Nachtrag zu dem im Jahre 1834 bekannt gemachten Verzeichnisse in Wurttemberg vorkommender zweiflugliger Insekten". Correspondenzbl. K. Wurttemb. Landw. Ver., Stuttgart. 37 [=N.S. 17] (1): 49–64.
  4. ↑ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1–440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Chvála, Milan. The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336.
  7. ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1180: 1–172. Retrieved 24 April 2023.


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