Zabrachia tenella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
| Genus: | Zabrachia |
| Species: | Z. tenella |
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Zabrachia tenella, the pine black, is a European species of soldier fly.It has a wing length of approximately 2.5–3.5 mm, rendering it one of the smallest soldier flies in Europe. It Resembles Neopachygaster meromelas but has a swollen female occiput and fused R4+5 wing vein.The face is dark and lacking the silver stripe of N. meromelas.[2][3] The larva feeds on fungus associated with decaying pine trees.
References
- 1 2 Jaennicke, Johann F. (1866). "Beitrage zur Kenntniss der europaischen Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 10 (1–3): 217–237. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.