Nemotelus uliginosus

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Nemotelus uliginosus
Nemotelus uliginosus, Deeside, North Wales, July 2011 2 (17300121459).jpg
Nemotelus uliginosus North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Genus: Nemotelus
Subgenus: Camptopelta
Species:
N. uliginosus
Binomial name
Nemotelus uliginosus
Synonyms

Nemotelus uliginosus, the barred snout, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. [2] [3] [4]

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Description

Length 5—5,5 mm. Male: the abdomen is white with black spots. The cubital vein is forked. The venter is black with white incisures and a white spot. Female: the snout (rostellum) is long, the white spots above the antennae are linear and oblique, nearly meeting in the middle. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Biology

The habitat is saltmarsh, waste ground and unimproved grassland, usually coastal. Adults are found from June to early September, peaking in July. Adults feed on pollen and nectar including that of Alisma plantago-aquatica , Cirsium , umbelliferae

Distribution

North, South USSR Siberia, Kazakhstan. North and Central Europe, in north to middle Sweden and in South to northern France. North Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae ... Ed. 12 (revised.) Vol. 1 (2). Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L.Salvii. pp. 533-1327 + [37] pp.
  2. Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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  8. William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .