Chrysops caecutiens
Chrysops caecutiens | |
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Female of Chrysops caecutiens | |
Male on Leucanthemum vulgare | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysopsinae |
Tribe: | Chrysopsini |
Genus: | Chrysops |
Species: | C. caecutiens
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Binomial name | |
Chrysops caecutiens | |
Synonyms | |
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Chrysops caecutiens, common name splayed deer fly, is a species of
Description
Chrysops caecutiens reaches a length of about 8.5–10 millimetres (0.33–0.39 in).[6] The mesonotum and the scutellum are glossy black with yellow-brown hairs. The compound eyes have red and green reflections, with dark spots. The transparent wings have dark brown patches, located at the top and at the centre of each wing. The abdomen shows distinct black inverted-V marking (hence the common name of "splayed" deer fly). The legs are black, included the tibiae on the middle pair of legs. They are active from May to September.[6]
Biology
The larvae of the splayed deer fly feed upon algae and organic matter in damp muddy soils.[6] The adult female flies feed on
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, and the Near East.[9]
Habitat
These horseflies preferably live in shaded marshlands and in damp woodlands.[6]
References
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ^ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-09-00-84857-5.
- ^ a b c d e J.K. Lindsey Commanster
- ^ a b Global species
- ^ Hansjörg Wunderer, Ulrich Smola Functional morphology of the retina of Chrysops caecutiens
- ^ "Chrysops (Chrysops) caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2013.