Otites formosa

Otites formosa
Otites formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Tephritoidea
Family:	Ulidiidae
Subfamily:	Otitinae
Tribe:	Otitini
Genus:	Otites
Species:	O. fomosa
Binomial name
Otites formosa (Panzer, 1798)
Synonyms
Ortalis formosa Musca formosa Scopoli, 1763 Scatophaga ruficeps Fabricius, 1805 Dictya gangraenosa Fabricius, 1805 Otites elegans Latreille, 1805 Ortalis ornata Meigen, 1826 Ortalis genualis Loew, 1868

Otites formosa is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Otites of the family Ulidiidae.

Description

Otites formosa can reach a body length of 5–10 millimetres (0.20–0.39 in). The head is orange-red and the large compound eyes are reddish. Mesonotum shows four longitudinal black stripes, while the abdomen has three large transversal black stripes. The wings are decorated with distinctive dark drawings. Adults feed on flowers, specially Apiaceae, while the larvae feed on plants, litter or faeces.

Distribution

This species is present in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

References

• Fauna Europaea
• Biolib
• Ubio.org
• European Environment Agency

External links

• Animateur.nature
• Aramel.free