Phthiria pulicaria
| Phthiria pulicaria | |
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| Phthiria pulicaria British Entomology | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Phthiria |
| Species: | P. pulicaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Phthiria pulicaria Mikan, 1796 | |
Phthiria pulicaria is a species of ' bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe [1]
Description
A tiny beefly 4-4.5mm long. "Scutellum all black or at the utmost with a yellow spot at its tip. Frons strongly prominent. Wings with the third posterior cell rather contracted towards the wingmargin."[2]
Biology
Found on bare patches of sand amongst short herbage near coast sand-hills.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations