Tachina ferox explained

Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1809.[1] [2] [3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe.[4] These flies mainly inhabit spruce forest edge, meadows, areas of heath and mountains at an elevation up to above sea level.

Description

Tachina (Nowickia) ferox can reach a length of 11-.[5] These flies have a black hairy thorax and a yellow-red abdomen, with a black longitudinal marking in the middle and numerous long straight bristles at the end. Wings are hyaline (glass like), yellowish at the base.[6] Basal half of the palps are brown or blackish. Males are a little concave in theirs dorsal centre. In the abdomen only segments 7 and 8 are hairy.[7]

Biology

Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a univoltine species. Adults can be found from mid-June to October, with a peak from June to August. They fed on nectar and pollen, especially of Centaurea jacea.[5] Larvae develop in the dark arches moth (Apamea monoglypha).[5] [7] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BioLib.cz . 2018-02-24 . 2019-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231074430/https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id124401/ . live .
  2. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of Life
  3. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World . Tachinidae Resources . 14 June 2023 . 5 March 2020 . 9 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230409192101/http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: Fauna Europaea . 2018-02-24 . 2023-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230625032207/https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6ceabb3d-433d-45c7-bef8-322ae82f6ce8 . live .
  5. Web site: Commanster . 2018-02-24 . 2020-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230163820/https://www.commanster.eu/Commanster/Insects/Flies/SuFlies/Nowickia.ferox.html . live .
  6. Web site: Nature Spot . 2018-02-24 . 2018-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210033323/http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/nowickia-ferox . live .
  7. Hans-Peter Tschorsnig and Benno Herting The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe: Identification Keys for the Species and Data on Distribution and Ecology. State Museum of Natural Science, Stuttgart

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