Sargus flavipes

Sargus flavipes, the yellow-legged centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]

Sargus flavipes
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S. flavipes
Binomial name
Sargus flavipes
Meigen, 1822
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Description

Body length: 7–9 mm. Yellow legs. Males have a green abdomen and thorax; females have a black abdomen with purple reflections.[2]

Biology

The habitat is meadowland and woodland. The adult flies from May to October. Larvae have been found in cow dung and compost.

Distribution

Europe including European Russia.

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See also

  • List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References

  1. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  2. George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations


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