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