Actina chalybea
| Actina chalybea | |
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| Actina chalybea, male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Beridinae |
| Genus: | Actina |
| Species: | A. chalybea |
| Binomial name | |
| Actina chalybea Meigen, 1804 | |
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Actina chalybea is a species of 'Soldier Flies' belonging to the family Stratiomyidae subfamily Beridinae.
This species is present in most of Europe. The adults grow up to 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) long and can mostly be encountered from April through June in shady and moist habitats.
These flies have a metallic green thorax. The head is quite large and rounded, with small black antennae pointing forward. The eyes are green, almost contiguous in males and clearly separated in females. Forehead and thorax are covered with long black hair. The scutellum has four black spines. The abdomen is flattened and the legs are black with femora patially yellow.
References
- Keith Bayless - Actina species
- Rozkošný, R. 1998. Chapter 24. Family Stratiomyidae. Manual Palaearct. Dipt. 2: 387-411.
- Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden
- Woodley, N. E. 1995. The genera of Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Memoirs of Entomol. Soc. Wash. 16 1-231
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