Sargus cuprarius

Sargus cuprarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Genus:	Sargus
Species:	S. cuprarius
Binomial name
	Sargus cuprarius; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Musca cupraria Linnaeus, 1758; Sargus minimus Zetterstedt, 1849; Sargus nubeculosus Zetterstedt, 1842;

Sargus cuprarius, the clouded centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. ^[1]

Description[]

Body length 6–12 mm. Green eyes with a purple transverse line, upper edge dark or violet. Face and frons with erect fine black hair; White spot at the base of each antenna. Proboscis yellowish brown. Black antennae. A shiny metallic green blue thorax, covered with fine yellow hair ( whitish in male). Wings with distinct darker spots below stigma. Black legs, yellow knees. Abdomen copper, darker than the thorax with a purple or violet end (male); violet with a copper base (female) ^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]

Biology[]

Found in open and wooded habitats and humid places, from June. Larva in decomposing vegetable matter.

Distribution[]

Western Europe North and South European Russia, Caucasus; mountains of Central Asia, Mongolia, North America.

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 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[]

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[1] 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.

[2] Seguy. E. Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.

[3] George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations

[4] 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.

[5] William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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