Dioctria rufipes
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| Dioctria rufipes female, dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Dioctria |
| Species: | D. rufipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioctria rufipes (De Geer, 1776)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Dioctria rufipes, the common red-legged robberfly, is a species of
robber fly in the subfamily Dasypogoninae of the family Asilidae
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Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Great Britain and Italy), in the Near East, and in the eastern Palearctic realm.[2]
Habitat
This species mainly inhabit scrubby grassland, well wooded areas, woodland edge and hedgerows.[3][4][5]
Description
Dioctria rufipes can reach a body length of about 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) and a wings length of 7.5–9 mm (0.30–0.35 in).
Biology
Adults can be found from May to July–August.
Gallery
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Dioctria rufipes with prey -
Video clip
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References
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b Steven Falk Dioctria rufipes (Orange-legged Robberfly)
- ^ a b c d e Nature Spot
- ^ a b c Gedling Conservation Trust
- ^ a b J.K. Lindsey Ecology of Commanster
- ^ Identification key to the Dioctria-species
- ^ Fritz Geller-Grimm Provisional key to Central European species of the genus Dioctria Meigen
- ^ B. M. Hobby - A Study of the Prey of Dioctria rufipes de G. (Diptera, Asilidae) in an Oxford Community - Journal of Animal Ecology - Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1932), pp. 77-82