Stratiomys potamida
| Stratiomys potamida | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
| Tribe: | Stratiomyini |
| Genus: | Stratiomys |
| Species: | S. potamida |
| Binomial name | |
| Stratiomys potamida | |
| Synonyms | |
Stratiomys potamida, the banded general, is a European species of soldier fly. [3][4][5]
Description
[edit]The abdomen: tergite III, with linear and pointed yellow markings on the inner face (male), or forming a single band (female); sternites yellow with four narrow black stripes. Scutellum black at the base, spines completely yellow. Face and eye orbits yellow (female), head almost entirely black. Hair yellow, thicker on the eye area, near the mouth. The colour of the abdominal spots ranges from lemon yellow to brick red. Length: 14.5–15.5 mm.[6]
Biology
[edit]The habitat is wetlands, fens, pond edges, damp heaths, damp woodlands, alder carr.The larva is aquatic.
References
[edit]- ↑ Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
- ↑ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
- ↑ Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
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