Prosena siberita
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
| Tribe: | Dexiini |
| Genus: | Prosena |
| Species: | P. siberita
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| Prosena siberita (Fabricius,1775)
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Prosena siberita is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1]
Distribution[]
This species is present in most of Europe,[2] Central Asia, Japan, Mongolia, China, Russia, Transcaucasia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia and New Caledonia. It has been introduced and established in United States.[3][4]
Description[]
Prosena siberita can reach a body length of 7.5–10.5 millimetres (0.30–0.41 in).[5] These flies have a grey dusted, fuscous or testaceour body. In males the abdomen is largely testaceous, while in females it is fuscous, densely grey dusted. Thorax shows some yellowish hairs. They have a very long and slender proboscis that they keep hinged under the body. The length of the proboscis is longer than the height of the head. Palpi are highly reduced. Eyes arereddish-brown and bare. Femora are reddish. Wings are hyaline, yellowish-brown at the base.[5][6]
Biology[]
Prosena siberita is a univoltine species. Adults are harmless nectar feeders on flowers of various plants (Clematis gouriana, Gnaphalium sp., Tecoma castanifolia, Seseli libanotis, , etc.).[7] Their larvae parasitize the larvae of various Sericini, Melolonthini and Anomalini scarab beetles[5] (Popillia japonica, Adoretus, Anomala, Leucopholis species).[5][6][8]
Bibliography[]
- James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1–236.
- Sabrosky and Arnaud, in Stone et al., 1965, Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico, p. 987.
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- ^ Biolib
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ James E. O’Hara and Pierfilippo Cerretti Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera
- ^ a b c d Robert Belshaw "Tachinid Flies, Diptera: Tachinidae", Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol. 10, Part 4a(i), page 108, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1993.
- ^ a b E.A. Heinrichs Biology and Management of Rice Insects
- ^ A.S. Desai, Tukaram Vithalrao Sathe, Prakash Bhoje Floral host plants of Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Kolhapur and Satara districts, India Department of Zoology, Shivaji University,
- ^ The parasites of Popillia japonica in Japan and Chosen (Korea), and their introduction into United States United States of Agriculture – Dept. Bull. n. 1429
- Diptera of Europe
- Dexiinae
- Insects described in 1775
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius