Cylindromyia interrupta

Cylindromyia interrupta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2][3][4][5]

Cylindromyia interrupta
Cylindromyia interrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Phasiinae
Tribe: Cylindromyiini
Genus: Cylindromyia
Species:
C. interrupta
Binomial name
Cylindromyia interrupta
(Meigen, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ocyptera dosiades Walker, 1849
  • Ocyptera setulosa Loew, 1844

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, Russia and in North America ( Alaska to California, North Dakota, Colorado and New Jersey).[1][6] These tachinid flies live in hedge rows and dry meadows.[7]

Description

Cylindromyia interrupta can reach a length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in) and a wingspan of 12 millimetres (0.47 in).[7][8] Body is slender. Thorax is black, while the abdomen is reddish with two silver rings, a wide longitudinal black marking and black apical tergites. Hind tibiae have 1 or 2 posteroventral bristles. Apical scutellars are absent. The abdomen has median discal bristles on tergites 1, 2, 3 and 4.[9] The bright white calypteres stand out.[8]

Biology

Adults can be found from May to August. They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of Apiaceae (especially Leucanthemum vulgare).[7] This tachnid fly parasitizes moths and true bugs (Hemiptera). The larvae develop inside the living host.[8][10]

References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  4. van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4a): 133.
  5. Biolib
  6. Fauna europaea
  7. Commanster
  8. John Sankey Insects in an Urban Garden - Diptera
  9. Key to the genus Cylindromyia - Tachinid Recording Scheme
  10. The Tachinid Times


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