Chorisops tibialis

Chorisops tibialis, the dull four-spined legionnaire, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly.[1] This species of Soldier fly is found in Europe and North Africa and Myanmar[2]

Chorisops tibialis
Chorisops tibialis Graig-fechan, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Beridinae
Genus:
Chorisops
Species:
C. tibialis
Binomial name
Chorisops tibialis
(Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms

A small (Size 3 to 4 mm.) slender fly. The male has a metallic green thorax and scutellum (both are greenish black in females). The humeri may be yellowish. The scutellum bears four yellow spines. The abdomen in both males and females is yellow (discally) and black at the sides and posteriorly. The male has black and tan banded legs. Females have yellow legs with dark tarsi. The clear wings have dark stigma. The habitat is moist or shaded locations with trees. Males sometimes in rapidly moving swarms. Adults are found from June to September. The saproxylic larvae found in decaying wood debris and rot holes of trees.

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Catalogue of Life : Chorisops tibialis (Meigen, 1820)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2016-03-02.


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