Biology:Benhamyia apicalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Beridinae |
| Genus: | Benhamyia |
| Species: | B. apicalis
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| Benhamyia apicalis Walker, 1849[1]
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Benhamyia apicalis is a species of soldier fly described by Francis Walker in 1849, who originally called the species Diphysa apicalis.[2][1] It is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
Walker's original 1849 description is as follows:
Head black, hoary in front: eyes pitchy-black; facets of the fore feet rather larger than those elsewhere: palpi and sucker tawny; second joint of the palpi spindle-shaped, not broader than the first: feelers black, filiform, dark red towards the base, nearly as long as the chest: chest and breast dark purple; chest adorned with golden down, which forms three stripes; scutcheon tawny, armed with four teeth: abdomen tawny, a little narrower than the chest and nearly twice its length, slightly decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip, which is purple: legs tawny; hind legs long, their thighs club-shaped; fore feet pitchy: wings colourless on the disk, tawny along the fore border, gray along the hind border and at the tip, adorned with a blackish band which does not reach the hind border; wing-ribs and veins tawny; veins pitchy on the blackish band; poisers pale yellow. Length of the body 31⁄2 lines; of the wings 7 lines.[1]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand, found on both the North Island and South Island.[3]
Gallery
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Benhamyia apicalis on a tree in Christchurch -
Two Benhamyia apicalis mating in Dunedin -
Specimen from Lincoln -
Specimen from Dunedin -
Close-up of the wings of Benhamyia apicalis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Walker, Francis (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. 4. London: British Museum. pp. 1151–1152. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38651562.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ "Benhamyia apicalis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1579240.
Wikidata ☰ Q14678109 entry
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