Sargus flavipes
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Sargus flavipes, the yellow-legged centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description
Body length: 7–9 mm. Yellow legs. Males have a green abdomen and thorax; females have a black abdomen with purple reflections.[2]
Biology
The habitat is meadowland and woodland. The adult flies from May to October. Larvae have been found in cow dung and compost.
Distribution
Europe including European Russia.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations
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