Sargus cuprarius explained

Sargus cuprarius, the clouded centurion, is a European species of soldier fly.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Body length 6–12 mm.Green eyes with a purple transverse line, upper edge dark or violet. Face and frons with erect fine black hair; White spot at the base of each antenna. Proboscis yellowish brown. Black antennae. A shiny metallic green blue thorax, covered with fine yellow hair (whitish in male). Wings with distinct darker spots below stigma. Black legs, yellow knees. Abdomencopper, darker than the thorax with a purple or violet end (male); violet with a copper base (female) ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Biology

Found in open and wooded habitats and humid places, from June. Larva in decomposing vegetable matter.

Distribution

It is found in Western Europe, North and South European Russia, the Caucasus, mountains of Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E . Drake . Martin . British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) . 2014 . . Reading . 9781899935079 . 528 pp, 20 plates . 2.
2. Woodley . N.E. . A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) . Myia . 2001 . 11 . 1–462. 7 December 2022.
3. Book: Zeegers . T. . Schulten . A. . Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe . 2022 . Jeugdbondsuitgeverij . Graveland . 9789051070682 . 256pp.
4. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
5. [George Henry Verrall]
6. E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
7. [William Lundbeck]