Biology:Cerdistus erythrurus

Short description: Species of fly

Cerdistus erythrurus
Male, dorsal view
Male, side view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Genus:	Cerdistus
Species:	C. erythrurus
Binomial name
Cerdistus erythrurus (Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
Asilus erythrurus Meigen, 1820

Cerdistus erythrurus is a species of robber fly in the subfamily Asilinae. It is the type species of the genus Cerdistus.

Distribution

This species is present in Southern Europe (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France , Greece, Italy, Switzerland and former Yugoslavia).

Description

Cerdistus erythrurus can reach a body length of about 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). These rather little robber flies are mainly black. Legs are black, with reddish tibiae. In males the modified last abdominal segment supporting the copulatory apparatus (hypopygium) may be partly reddish.

Adults can be found from May to July–August.

External links

• Geller-Grimm, F. (2011) Information on robber flies
• Diptères du Gard
• Les insectes
• Inaturalist

Wikidata ☰ Q10744918 entry