Nemotelus nigrinus

Nemotelus nigrinus, the all-black snout, is a Holarctic species of soldier fly.[1]

Nemotelus nigrinus
Nemotelus nigrinus, the "all-black snout"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Nemotelinae
Genus:
Nemotelus
Subgenus:
Camptopelta
Species:
N. nigrinus
Binomial name
Nemotelus nigrinus
Fallén, 1817

Description

A small species (4.0 to 4.8.mm.) Cubital vein (R 4+5) unforked . Body all black, without any pale pattern Frons without any white spots.The distance from the base of the antennae to the tip of the rostellum is greater than the distance from the antennal base to the commencement of the narrow part of the frons. Median outgrowths of hypandrium and outgrowth of basal segment of gonopodites are absent. Aedeagus with two basal projections at a right angle to the plane of aedeagus [2][3][4]

Biology

The flight period is May to July .Habitats are fens and marshes, flower meadows and flower rich grassland.

Distribution

North and Central Europe,North and south USSR, Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia. Mongolia. North America.

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. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères. 308 p., 685 fig.
  3. George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations
  4. E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.


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