Biology:Acrosathe annulata
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Short description: Species of fly
| Acrosathe annulata | |
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| Acrosathe annulata Dinle beach, North Wales. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Therevidae |
| Genus: | Acrosathe |
| Species: | A. annulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Bibio annulata Fabricius, 1805 | |
Acrosathe annulata, also known as coastal silver-stiletto, is a species of stiletto fly belonging to the family Therevidae.[1][2][3] It is a Palearctic species that is widely distributed in Europe.[1][2]
Description
File:Acrosathe annulata.ogv "Male entirely covered with silvery pubescence; female without any shining black frontal callus. Halteres whitish. Femora blackish in both sexes. Fourth posterior cell closed".[4]
Biology
Its habitats are sand dunes and sand hills. They rest on hot bare sand among marram.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d7f2f3a6-4186-46f8-9797-6ee63ceb7c4b.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1565135.
- ↑ "Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805) [Coastal Silver-stiletto"]. National Biodiversity Network. https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NBNSYS0100001416. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ↑ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1909. BHL Full text with illustrations
Wikidata ☰ Q342843 entry
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