Pachygaster leachii

Pachygaster leachii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Pachygaster
Species:	P. leachii
Binomial name
	Pachygaster leachii; Stephens in Curtis, 1824

Pachygaster leachii, the yellow-legged black, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]

Description

A minute (body length 2,5-3,5 mm.) lustrous black fly with a round abdomen Body length 2-3 mm. Brilliant black. Eyes brown-red (male), obscure green (female).Yellow antennae (male and female). Legs pale yellow except a blackish ring, sometimes quite wide, at the apex of femora III. Yellowish wings with pale veins .Halteres yellowish-brown at the base.[2][3][4][5]

Biology

The habitat is woodland with oak and elm. Associated with alder, hazel. The flight period is from June to August.

Distribution

Northwest European Russia, Caucasus, Trans-Caucasus. Western Europe

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.
Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[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] Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.

[3] George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations

[4] E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.

[5] William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.