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Chorisops tibialis

(Chorisops tibialis)

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Description

Chorisops tibialis, the dull four-spined legionnaire, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. This species of soldier fly is found in Europe and North Africa and Myanmar. 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.Chorisops is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Stratiomyidae
Genus:Chorisops
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