Biology:Neopachygaster meromelaena

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Neopachygaster meromelaena
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Pachygastrinae
Genus: Neopachygaster
Species:
N. meromelaena
Binomial name
Neopachygaster meromelaena
(Dufour, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pachygaster meromelas Dufour, 1841[1]
  • Pachygaster orbitalis Wahlberg, 1854[2]
  • Pachygaster meromelaena (Austen, 1901)[3]

Neopachygaster meromelaena, the silver-strips black, is a European species of soldier fly.[4]

Description

Diagnostic characters include:- Wing: R4 is missing.Dark face with silvery stripes. Antennae planted a little above the middle of the head height. Eyes widely spaced in both sexes.[5][6][7]

Distribution

Europe.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dufour, L. (1841). "Note sur la larve du Pachygaster meromealas, insecte de l'ordre des Diptères". Annales des sciences naturelles Zoologie 16 (2): 264–266. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730769#page/272/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 January 2023. 
  2. ↑ Wahlberg, P.F. (1854). "Bidrag till kannedomen om de nordiska Diptera". Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 11: 211–216. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54203#page/221/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 January 2023. 
  3. ↑ Austen, E.E. (1901). "An addition to the British Stratiomyidae, with the description of a new genus". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 37: 241–246. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9015132#page/251/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 January 2023. 
  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. 
  5. ↑ Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
  6. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079. 
  7. ↑ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682. 

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