Sargus iridatus

Sargus iridatus, the iridescent centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]

Sargus iridatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Sarginae
Genus:
Sargus
Species:
S. iridatus
Binomial name
Sargus iridatus
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms

Description

Body length 6.0 to 11.0 mm Like Sargus cuprarius, almost entirely purple. Black Antennae, 3rd segment of ant. in male shorter than 2nd.; Whitish proboscis,Face and frons metallic green two clearly dilineated white spots at the base of the antennae better developed in female.Thorax with blue reflections. Black legs, knees barely paler. Wings are uniformly smoky. Dirty yellowish haleteres. Abdomen less violet, black sternites.[2][3][4] [5]

Biology

Found in open and wooded habitats. Larvae in dung, decomposing vegetable matter and compost.

Distribution

Western Europe North and South European, north up to Finland.European Russia.

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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