Biology:Exaireta spinigera

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Short description: Species of fly

Exaireta spinigera
Garden Soldier Fly face on (14412405409).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Beridinae
Genus: Exaireta
Species:
E. spinigera
Binomial name
Exaireta spinigera
(Wiedemann, 1830)[1]
Synonyms
  • Beris albimacula Walker, 1848[2]
  • Beris servillei Macquart, 1838[3]
  • Xylophagus spinigera Wiedemann, 1830[1]

Exaireta spinigera, known generally as the garden soldier fly or blue soldier fly, is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Australia; however, it has been introduced to countries and islands such as New Zealand, Belgium and Hawaii.[4]

Garden soldier fly, Exaireta spinigera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. 2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88495#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 April 2020. 
  2. Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229. 
  3. Macquart, P.J.M. (1838). Insectes diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier.-1re partie. Paris: Roret. pp. 5–221, 25 pls. 
  4. Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia 11: 1–462. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303225468. Retrieved 7 December 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14673254 entry