Pachygaster leachii

Pachygaster leachii, the yellow-legged black, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]

Pachygaster leachii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Pachygastrinae
Genus:
Pachygaster
Species:
P. leachii
Binomial name
Pachygaster leachii
Stephens in Curtis, 1824

Description

A minute (body length 2,5-3,5 mm.) lustrous black fly with a round abdomen Body length 2–3 mm. Brilliant black. Eyes brown-red (male), obscure green (female).Yellow antennae (male and female). Legs pale yellow except a blackish ring, sometimes quite wide, at the apex of femora III. Yellowish wings with pale veins .Halteres yellowish-brown at the base.[2][3][4][5]

Biology

The habitat is woodland with oak and elm. Associated with alder, hazel. The flight period is from June to August.

Distribution

Northwest European Russia, Caucasus, Trans-Caucasus. Western Europe

See also

References
  1. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  2. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
  3. George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
  4. E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
  5. William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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