Xylophagus ater
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Xylophagidae |
| Genus: | Xylophagus |
| Species: | X. ater |
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Xylophagus ater is a species of awl fly belonging to the family Xylophagidae found in Central Europe and North Europe.[4][5][6]
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Description
It is a glossy black fly resembling a pimpline ichneumon. The femora are yellow with a brown tip. The tibiae and tarsi are brown.The wings have a clouded band. The basal segment of the antenna is long, the length at least three times the width. In males the mesonotum is finely sculptured, shining, with two inconspicuous stripes of golden hairs. Females have three pollinose stripes on the mesonotum. The body length is 8 (male) to 15 millimeters (female).[7][8]
Biology
Larvae of Xylophagus ater are predatory. They feed on beetle larvae of the families Cerambycidae and Pyrochroidae which develop in dead branches of a wide variety of broadleaved trees.
References
- ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1804). Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. (Diptera Linn.). Erster Band. Abt. I. Abt. II. Braunschweig [= Brunswick]: Reichard. pp. xxviii + pp. 1-152, vi + pp. 153-314.
- ↑ Senior-White, R.A. (1924). "New Ceylon Diptera (Part III)". Spolia Zeylanica. 12: 375–406.
- ↑ Pleske, Th. (1925). "Revision des especes palearctiques des familles Erinnidae et Coenomyiidae. (B), II Diptera 2". Encycl. Ent.: 161–184.
- ↑ Alexander, K. N. A. (1993). "The Status and Distribution of Xylophagus ater Meigen (Diptera: Xylophagidae) in Ireland". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 24 (8): 316–318. ISSN 0021-1311.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455–500.
- ↑ Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
- ↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.