Odontomyia ornata

Odontomyia ornata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Stratiomyini
Genus: Odontomyia
Species:
O. ornata
Binomial name
Odontomyia ornata
(Meigen, 1822)[1]
Synonyms

Odontomyia ornata, also called the ornate brigadier, is a European species of soldier fly.

Description

The body length is 12 to 14 mm. The first two segments of the antennae are dark brown-black, and the next three are brown with reddish spots on the underside. The face is slightly wedge-shaped and elongated forward, black with white hair. The thorax is shiny black, with reddish-white hair in males and yellow-white hair in females. The yellow scutellum has a black spot near the base and black tips on the spines. The transparent wings feature a forked radial vein r4+5. The halteres have brown legs and white knobs. The male's abdomen is yellow underneath and black on top with two rows of yellow side spots, with those on the second to fourth tergites being the same size. The female's abdomen is orange underneath with brown spots, and black on top with two rows of orange side spots, with those on the second to fourth tergites being the same size.[4][5][6][7]

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Macquart, P.J.M. (1826). "Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Asiliques, bombyliers, xylotomes, leptides, stratiomyides, xylophagites et tabaniens". Mem. Soc. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1825: 324–499, 3 pls.
  3. ↑ Loew, H. (1846). "Fragmente zur Kenntniss der europäische n Arten einiger Dipterengattungen". Linn. Ent. 1: 319–530, pl. III.
  4. ↑ Przemysław Trojan: Klucze do oznaczania owadów cz. XXVIII Muchówki – Diptera, zeszyt 22 – Striatomyidae. Warszawa: PWN, Polski Związek Entomologiczny, 1963.
  5. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
  6. ↑ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  8. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". European Commission. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.


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