Microchrysa flavicornis
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Microchrysa flavicornis (Meigen, 1822)
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Microchrysa flavicornis, the green gem, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description[]
A small species (Body 4.5 to 5.0 mm. long) Antennae red-yellow, third antennomere brown, arista black. Legs predominantly yellow, femora III blackish. Pubescence in middle part of mesonotum and on abdomen light-colored in male. Abdomen of female and also frons of female metallic green. Halteres yellow. Wings hyaline. Abdomen with golden reflections.[2][3][4]
Biology[]
The flight period is June to August. Habitats are deciduous woodland edges, hedgerows, isolated trees and bushes. Larvae have been found in dung.
Distribution[]
North Europe. Central 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 n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères. 308 p., 685 fig.
- ^ George Henry Verrall Stratiomyidae 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.
Categories:
- Stratiomyidae
- Diptera of Europe
- Insects described in 1822
- Stratiomyidae stubs