Xylophagus cinctus

Xylophagus cinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Xylophagidae
Genus:	Xylophagus
Species:	X. cinctus
Binomial name
	Xylophagus cinctus; (De Geer, 1776)
Synonyms
	Empis subulata Panzer, 1797; Nemotelus cinctus De Geer, 1776; Rhagio syrphoides Panzer, 1800; Xylophagus abdominalis Loew, 1870; Xylophagus fasciatus Walker, 1848; Xylophagus heros Harris, 1835;

Xylophagus cinctus is a species of fly in the family Xylophagidae.

Description

Venation simple.The discal cell is placed rather far out on the wing, with smaller posterior cells, as in Tipulidae. Clouding on forks and crossveins. It differs from Xylophagus ater in the following respects. The first antenna! segment is short ;not more than twice as long as second segment;the metapleural lobes are hairy The thorax in both sexes is entirely dulled by greyish dusting, which is rather more rather more prominent in certain longitudinal stripes.Females have a red abdomen. Males are all-black. Wing length 11.5mm ; body length up to 17mm.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Distribution

Europe, Russia, China, Alaska to Quebec, south to California & Mississippi.

References

1 2 De Geer, C. (1776). Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm: P. Hesselberg. pp. viii + 523 pp., 30 pls.
↑ Panzer, G.W.F. (1800). Favnae insectorvm germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 77. Vol. Heft 73-78. Nurnberg: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
↑ Loew, H. (1870). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria nona". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 13(1869): 129–186. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
↑ Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.
↑ Harris, T.W. (1835). Insects. Pp. 553-602. In Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. pp. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps.
↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.
↑ 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.

[DeGeer1776-1] 1 2 De Geer, C. (1776). Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm: P. Hesselberg. pp. viii + 523 pp., 30 pls.

[Panzer1800-2] Panzer, G.W.F. (1800). Favnae insectorvm germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 77. Vol. Heft 73-78. Nurnberg: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

[Loew1870-3] Loew, H. (1870). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria nona". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 13(1869): 129–186. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[Walker1848-4] Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.

[Harris1835-5] Harris, T.W. (1835). Insects. Pp. 553-602. In Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. pp. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps.

[6] Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.

[Stubbs-7] 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.

[Woodley2011-8] Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455–500.

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