Tachina ferox | |
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Tachinid fly, Tachina (Nowickia) ferox, dorsal view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Tribe: | Tachinini |
Genus: | Tachina |
Subgenus: | Nowickia |
Species: | T. ferox
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Binomial name | |
Tachina ferox (
Panzer, 1809)
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Synonyms | |
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Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1809. [1] [2] [3]
This species is present in most of Europe. [4] These flies mainly inhabit spruce forest edge, meadows, areas of heath and mountains at an elevation up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level. [5] [6]
Tachina (Nowickia) ferox can reach a length of 11–15 millimetres (0.43–0.59 in). [5] These flies have a black hairy thorax and a yellow-red abdomen, with a black longitudinal marking in the middle and numerous long straight bristles at the end. Wings are hyaline (glass like), yellowish at the base. [7] Basal half of the palps are brown or blackish. Males are a little concave in theirs dorsal centre. In the abdomen only segments 7 and 8 are hairy. [6]
Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a univoltine species. Adults can be found from mid-June to October, with a peak from June to August. They fed on nectar and pollen, especially of Centaurea jacea. [5] Larvae develop in the dark arches moth ( Apamea monoglypha). [5] [6] [7]
Tachina ferox | |
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Tachinid fly, Tachina (Nowickia) ferox, dorsal view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Tribe: | Tachinini |
Genus: | Tachina |
Subgenus: | Nowickia |
Species: | T. ferox
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Binomial name | |
Tachina ferox (
Panzer, 1809)
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Synonyms | |
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Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1809. [1] [2] [3]
This species is present in most of Europe. [4] These flies mainly inhabit spruce forest edge, meadows, areas of heath and mountains at an elevation up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level. [5] [6]
Tachina (Nowickia) ferox can reach a length of 11–15 millimetres (0.43–0.59 in). [5] These flies have a black hairy thorax and a yellow-red abdomen, with a black longitudinal marking in the middle and numerous long straight bristles at the end. Wings are hyaline (glass like), yellowish at the base. [7] Basal half of the palps are brown or blackish. Males are a little concave in theirs dorsal centre. In the abdomen only segments 7 and 8 are hairy. [6]
Tachina (Nowickia) ferox is a univoltine species. Adults can be found from mid-June to October, with a peak from June to August. They fed on nectar and pollen, especially of Centaurea jacea. [5] Larvae develop in the dark arches moth ( Apamea monoglypha). [5] [6] [7]