Seioptera vibrans
| Seioptera vibrans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Genus: | Seioptera |
| Species: | S. vibrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Seioptera vibrans | |
| Synonyms | |
Seioptera vibrans is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Seioptera of the family Ulidiidae.[1][2][3]
The 5 to 6 mm long body is shiny black to blue, the head has a red forehead (frons) and a furrowed face. Both wings are transparent and tipped with a dark spot.[4][5] The adults fly from May to September near trees, bushes, hedges; once landed, they wave their wings constantly. They feed on flower pollen and small insects ( aphids ). The larvae live in litter (decomposing plants that they help to transform).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results".
- ↑ vibrans
- ↑ "Search".
- ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I. II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ↑ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf