Biology:Ptecticus
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Ptecticus | |
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| Ptecticus trivittatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Sarginae |
| Genus: | Ptecticus Loew, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sargus testaceus Fabricius, 1805[2]
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Ptecticus is an Old World genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.[5] The ground colour of the body may be yellow, brown or black, and the abdomen often shows a degree of transverse stripes. They may mimic parasitic wasps in appearance and habits. The wings are often dusky and the second abdominal segment may be translucent. A well-developed inner projection of the second antennal segment is characteristic for the majority of Ptecticus species.[6] Their larvae are broad, flat and segmented maggots, which may be found in fermenting fruit. As of 2000, 40 species were known from the Old World alone.[6] There are at least 150 described species in Ptecticus worldwide.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Loew, H. (1855). "Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Sargus". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 5: 131–148. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_5_0131-0148.pdf. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i-xiv, 1–373. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53432#page/9/mode/1up. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ Enderlein, G. (1914). "Dipterologische Studien. IX. Zur Kenntnis der Stratiomyiiden mit 3astiger Media und ihre Gruppierung. A. Formen, bei denen der 1. Cubitalast mit der Discoidalzelle durch Querader verbunden ist oder sie nur in einem Punkte beruhrt (Subfamilien: Geosarginae, Analcocerinae, Stratiomyiinae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 43 (13): 577–615. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145470#page/593/mode/1up. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Bigot, J.M.F. (1856). "Essai d'une classification generale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes diptères. 4e memoire. Tribus des Tabani, Nemestrinidii, Cyrtidii et Leptidii (mini)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 (3): 51–91. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34154#page/57/mode/1up. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ Picker, M. (2002). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. pp. 272. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rozkosny, Rudolf; Kovac, Damir (2000). "A Revision of the Ptecticus tenebrifer species group (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 48 (1): 103–110. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/48/48rbz103-110.pdf. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q7256653 entry
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