Biology:Choerades marginata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Choerades |
| Species: | C. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Asilus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Choerades marginata is a species of robber fly (Asilidae: Laphriinae) found in Europe.[2]
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, British Islands, European Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and former Yugoslavia).[3] These robber flies mainly inhabit spruce and beech forest and hedge rows. [4]
Description
Choerades marginata can reach a body length of about 9–15 mm (0.35–0.59 in) and a wings length of 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in).[4] In males the first antennal segment is about 1.8 - 2.1 times as long as the second one, while in female is 3 times longer. The sides of thorax (pleura) and the humeral callus are distinctly tomentose and scutum has only few, normal hairs. The lateral sclerites (mesopleuron) have a greyish-brown tomentum, with sparse yellow and black hairs all over. Tergites and legs are entirely black. In males the face usually shows yellow hairs above the facial gibbosity, tergites have yellow hair at the sides and the last tergite has a straight, hind margin.[5][6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Biology
Adults can be found from May to September. They prey on other flies.[4]
References
- ↑ "Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/22509/tab/taxo?lg=en. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Londt, Jason G. H. (June 2015). "Taxonomic Observations Regarding Four Genera of Afrotropical Robber Flies, Choerades Walker, 1851, Laphria Meigen, 1803, Nannolaphria Londt, 1977 and Notiolaphria Londt, 1977, and the Description of Ericomyia gen. n. (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)". African Invertebrates 56 (1): 191–228. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0115.
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 J.K. Lindsey Ecology of Commanster
- ↑ Fritz Geller-Grimm Robber flies of Germany - Identification key to the Choerades-species
- ↑ Fritz Geller-Grimm & M. J. Smart Provisional key to the Central European species of the genus Choerades Walker
- ↑ Seguy, E., (1920)Faune de France Faune n° 17 Diptères Asilidae. 188 p., 389 fig Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
- ↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.
- ↑ Majer,D.M. European Asilidae, in Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds.), Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera, volume 2 Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest (Hongrie), 1997, pp.549-567
- ↑ van den Broek, R., Schulten, A., Wouwen N.(traducteur), Field Guide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium, Éditions Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 2017, 136 pages, (ISBN 9789051070545)
- ↑ Danny Wolff, Markus Gebel and Fritz Geller-Grimm: The Robber Flies of Germany: Discovering - Observing - Identifying . Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-494-01733-4
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Fliegen und Mücken. Beobachtung, Lebensweise. 1.. Auflage. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena und Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10747535 entry
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