Neoitamus cothurnatus

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Neoitamus cothurnatus
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Neoitamus cothurnatus Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Neoitamus
Species:
N. cothurnatus
Binomial name
Neoitamus cothurnatus
(Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Asilus aestivus Zetterstedt, 1842
  • Asilus nebulosus Matsumura, 1911

Neoitamus cothurnatus, the scarce awl robberfly, is a species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species is present in Europe. [2]

Description

Neoitamus cothurnatus can reach a body length of about 12–17 millimetres (0.47–0.67 in). [3] Males have tergite 6 predominantly tomentose, only shiny dorsally; epandria is short, more or less square. In females sternite 7 shows tomentose longitudinal stripes. [4]

This species is rather similar to Neoitamus cyanurus . The latter shows more elongate and almost totally black hind basitarsi, that are mostly red in Neiotamus cothurnatus. [5] [6] [7]

Biology

These robberflies fly from end of May to middle of August. [8]

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<i>Machimus cingulatus</i> Species of fly

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<i>Machimus rusticus</i> Species of fly

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<i>Pamponerus germanicus</i> Species of fly

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<i>Leptogaster cylindrica</i> Species of insect

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<i>Leptogaster guttiventris</i> Species of insect

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<i>Dioctria cothurnata</i> Species of fly

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<i>Dioctria linearis</i> Species of fly

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<i>Dioctria oelandica</i> Species of fly

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References

  1. ↑ EU-nomen
  2. ↑ Catalogue of life
  3. ↑ William Lundbeck Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark
  4. ↑ Robbe flies - Photographic atlas and identification key
  5. ↑ Flickr
  6. ↑ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations
  7. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN   1-899935-04-5.
  8. ↑ Waarnemingen


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