Sargus flavipes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Genus: | Sargus |
| Species: | S. flavipes
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| Sargus flavipes Meigen, 1822
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Sargus flavipes, the yellow-legged centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description[]
Body length: 7–9 mm. Yellow legs. Males have a green abdomen and thorax; females have a black abdomen with purple reflections.[2]
Biology[]
The habitat is meadowland and woodland. The adult flies from May to October. Larvae have been found in cow dung and compost.
Distribution[]
Europe including European Russia.
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.
- ^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations
External links[]
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- Stratiomyidae
- Diptera of Europe
- Insects described in 1822
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