Dexia rustica
Dexia rustica is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2]
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Dexia rustica. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Dexiini |
Genus: | Dexia |
Species: | D. rustica |
Binomial name | |
Dexia rustica (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in most of Europe.[3] These tachinids usually inhabit hedge rows and flowery environments.[4][5]
Description
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Dexia rustica can reach a body length of 8.4–12.7 millimetres (0.33–0.50 in) and a wingspan of 16–24 mm.[5] These small tachinids have generally a black thorax, with grayish yellow pruinosity. Four longitudinal black vittae appear on dorsum,[6] Abdomen appears greyish-brown or reddish, with a darker longitudinal dorsal marking, more or less evident. It is cylindric-conic, with two setae among each segment. Probocis is short and membranous.[7] Females usually are darker than males.[8][4] Wings are hyaline, with a reddish yellow tegula and a dark brown basicosta. Legs are reddish yellow.[6]
Biology
Adults can be found from June to August,[4][5] feeding on nectar and pollen, especially of Heracleum sphondylium.[5]
Larvae develop in the soil feeding on beetle larvae (endoparasitism),[4] mainly of Melolontha melolontha,[5] Amphimallon solstitialis, Rhizotrogus marginipes[6] and Phyllopertha horticola (Scarabaeidae).[9]
References
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- Catalogue of life Catalogue of life
- Biolib
- Fauna europaea
- Bob Gibbons Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern Europe
- J.K. Lindsey Commanster
- Chun-Tian Zhang, Xiao-Lin Chen A review of the genus Dexia Meigen in the Palearctic and Oriental Regions Diptera Tachinidae in Zootaxa · December 2010
- John Obadiah Westwood An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects Vol II (1840)
- James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
- Encyclopedia of life