Beris vallata
Beris vallata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Beridinae
Genus: Beris
Species:
B. vallata
Binomial name
Beris vallata
(Forster, 1771)[1]
Synonyms

Beris vallata, the orange legionnaire or common orange legionnaire, is a European species of soldier fly.[2][3][4]

Description

Body length 5.0 to 6.0 mm. Abdomen entirely matt yellow, without black bands. All tibiae black in apical half. Wings of female yellowish with brown pterostigma; wings of male blackish. Pubescence of abdomen black in male, yellow in female.[5][6][7]

Biology

The flight period is may to September. A hedgerow species. One larvae microhabitat is Bryophyta. The larva feeds on dead leaves and puparia have been found among fallen decomposing leaves. Adults feed on pollen and nectar including that of Tanacetum vulgare.

Distribution

North Europe, Central Europe, Southwest Europe, north up to Sweden.European Russia.

References

  1. ^ a b Forster, J.R. (1771). Novae species insectorum. Centuria I. London: Davies & White. pp. viii + 100 pp. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  5. ^ Séguy, Eugène (1926). "Diptères Brachycères". Faune de France. 13: 308 p., 685 fig.
  6. ^ Verrall, George Henry (1909). "Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain". British Flies. 7. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  7. ^ Narchuk, E. P. (1988). Bei-Bienko, G. Ya (ed.). "Stratiomyidae". Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR. 5 (Part 2 English edition).


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