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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bibionidae |
Genus: | Bibio |
Species: | B. pomonae
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Bibio pomonae | |
Synonyms | |
Bibio pomonae, common name red-thighed St Mark's fly or heather fly, is a species of fly ( Diptera) belonging to the family Bibionidae.
Bibio pomonae can reach a length of about 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in), while the length of the wings reaches 8–12 millimetres (0.31–0.47 in). [3] The basic body color is shiny black, with a black long abdomen, deep crimson-red femurs and dark tibiae and tarsi. Front tibia show a pair of large spurs. Wings are milky-white with darkened veins on the costal area and a dark spot on the leading edge. The 10-segmented antennae are relatively short and thick. Males and females are very different, as the holoptic males show very large eyes and a flattened abdomen, while the females have small head and eyes and a sharp abdomen. [4] The larvae are reddish brown.
Adults feed mostly on nectar and are important pollinators. [4] Larvae develop during Fall and Winter feeding on dead leaves, compost, decaying organic matter and Poaceae roots [3] [5]
Adults are late summer flyers, but they occur from May to October. [3] [6] In Norway's Hardangarvidda it has been observed that they appear in large numbers every third year, which suggests the larvae take three years to develop. [7]
This species can be found across most of the Palearctic realm ( Europe and North Asia), but in southern Europe can be found only in the mountains. [8]
This fly occurs in hedge rows of hill countries, on moorland and mountain birch forests, in woodland edges, fields and in wetlands. [3]
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Bibio pomonae | |
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Bibio pomonae, female | |
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Bibio pomonae, male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bibionidae |
Genus: | Bibio |
Species: | B. pomonae
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Binomial name | |
Bibio pomonae | |
Synonyms | |
Bibio pomonae, common name red-thighed St Mark's fly or heather fly, is a species of fly ( Diptera) belonging to the family Bibionidae.
Bibio pomonae can reach a length of about 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in), while the length of the wings reaches 8–12 millimetres (0.31–0.47 in). [3] The basic body color is shiny black, with a black long abdomen, deep crimson-red femurs and dark tibiae and tarsi. Front tibia show a pair of large spurs. Wings are milky-white with darkened veins on the costal area and a dark spot on the leading edge. The 10-segmented antennae are relatively short and thick. Males and females are very different, as the holoptic males show very large eyes and a flattened abdomen, while the females have small head and eyes and a sharp abdomen. [4] The larvae are reddish brown.
Adults feed mostly on nectar and are important pollinators. [4] Larvae develop during Fall and Winter feeding on dead leaves, compost, decaying organic matter and Poaceae roots [3] [5]
Adults are late summer flyers, but they occur from May to October. [3] [6] In Norway's Hardangarvidda it has been observed that they appear in large numbers every third year, which suggests the larvae take three years to develop. [7]
This species can be found across most of the Palearctic realm ( Europe and North Asia), but in southern Europe can be found only in the mountains. [8]
This fly occurs in hedge rows of hill countries, on moorland and mountain birch forests, in woodland edges, fields and in wetlands. [3]
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