Sargus iridatus
Sargus iridatus, the iridescent centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
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Description
Body length 6.0 to 11.0 mm Like Sargus cuprarius, almost entirely purple. Black Antennae, 3rd segment of ant. in male shorter than 2nd.; Whitish proboscis,Face and frons metallic green two clearly dilineated white spots at the base of the antennae better developed in female.Thorax with blue reflections. Black legs, knees barely paler. Wings are uniformly smoky. Dirty yellowish haleteres. Abdomen less violet, black sternites.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Biology
Found in open and wooded habitats. Larvae in dung, decomposing vegetable matter and compost.
Distribution
Western Europe North and South European, north up to Finland.European Russia.
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.
- 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
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