Xylophagus ater
Xylophagus ater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Xylophagidae |
Genus: | Xylophagus |
Species: | X. ater |
Binomial name | |
Xylophagus ater Meigen, 1804 | |
Xylophagus ater is a species of awl fly belonging to the family Xylophagidae found in Central Europe and North Europe.
Description
The basal segment of the antenna is long, the length at least 3 times the width. In males the mesonotum is finely sculptured, shining, with two inconspicuous stripes of golden hairs. Females have three pollinose stripes on the mesonotum.The body length is 8 to 15 millimeters.
Biology
Larvae of Xylophagus ater are predatory. They feed on beetle larvae of the families Cerambycidae and Pyrochroidae which develop in dead branches of a wide variety of broadleaved trees.
References
- Stubbs, A. and Drake, M - British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera, pp. 512 - British Entomological & Natural History Society
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