Beris morrisii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Beridinae |
| Genus: | Beris |
| Species: | B. morrisii
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Beris morrisii, the yellow-legged black legionnaire, is a European species of soldier fly.[4][5][6]
Description
[edit]Length 6.0 to 7.0 mm with narrow frons and face and antennae that are inserted well below the middle of the head profile. 3rd segment of antennae equal to or slightly longer than basal segments together. Face with light-colored pubescence. Yellow thoracic pile and yellow halteres. Uniformly yellow legs except for dark tarsi (basitarsi often yellow in the females). Wings hyaline or slightly yellowish, with distinct brown pterostigma. Outer margin of epandrium pubescent.[7][8][9]
Biology
[edit]The flight period is May to September .Beris morrisi Larvae have been found in tunnels of Cheilosia canicularis Panzer (Syrphidae) in rhizomes of Petasites.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Dale, J.C. (1841). "Beris Morrisii of Curtis's Guide". Entomologist. 1: 175.
- ^ Loew, H. (1846). "Bemerkungen über die Gattung Beris und Beschreibung eines Zwitters von Beris nitens". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 7: 282–289. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Enderlein, Günther (1921). "Uber die phyletisch alteren Stratiomyiiden-Subfamilien (Xylophaginae, Chiromyzinae, Solvinae, Beridinae und Coenomyiinae)". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 10: 150–214. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
- ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
- ^ Séguy, Eugène (1926). "Diptères Brachycères". Faune de France. 13: 308 p., 685 fig.
- ^ Verrall, George Henry (1909). "Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain". British flies. 7. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Narchuk, E. P. (1988). Bei-Bienko, G. Ya (ed.). "Stratiomyidae". Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR. 5 (Part 2 English edition).