Choerades marginata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Choerades |
| Species: | C. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Asilus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Choerades marginata is a species of robber fly (Asilidae: Laphriinae) found in Europe.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]This species is present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, British Islands, European Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and former Yugoslavia).[3] These robber flies mainly inhabit spruce and beech forest and hedge rows. [4]
Description
[edit | edit source]Choerades marginata can reach a body length of about 9–15 mm (0.35–0.59 in) and a wings length of 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in).[4] In males the first antennal segment is about 1.8 - 2.1 times as long as the second one, while in female is 3 times longer. The sides of thorax (pleura) and the humeral callus are distinctly tomentose and scutum has only few, normal hairs. The lateral sclerites (mesopleuron) have a greyish-brown tomentum, with sparse yellow and black hairs all over. Tergites and legs are entirely black. In males the face usually shows yellow hairs above the facial gibbosity, tergites have yellow hair at the sides and the last tergite has a straight, hind margin.[5][6]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Adults can be found from May to September. They prey on other flies.[4]
References
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- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ a b c J.K. Lindsey Ecology of Commanster
- ^ Fritz Geller-Grimm Robber flies of Germany - Identification key to the Choerades-species
- ^ Fritz Geller-Grimm & M. J. Smart Provisional key to the Central European species of the genus Choerades Walker
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Fliegen und Mücken. Beobachtung, Lebensweise. 1.. Auflage. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena und Stuttgart 1995, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
External links
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