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Species of insect

Neoitamus cothurnatus
Neoitamus cothurnatus Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Neoitamus
Species: N. cothurnatus
Binomial name
Neoitamus cothurnatus
(Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Asilus aestivus Zetterstedt, 1842
  • Asilus nebulosus Matsumura, 1911

Neoitamus cothurnatus, the scarce awl robberfly, is a species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae.

Distribution

This species is present in Europe.

Description

Neoitamus cothurnatus can reach a body length of about 12–17 millimetres (0.47–0.67 in). Males have tergite 6 predominantly tomentose, only shiny dorsally; epandria is short, more or less square. In females sternite 7 shows tomentose longitudinal stripes.

This species is rather similar to Neoitamus cyanurus. The latter shows more elongate and almost totally black hind basitarsi, that are mostly red in Neiotamus cothurnatus.

Biology

These robberflies fly from end of May to middle of August.

References

  1. EU-nomen
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. William Lundbeck Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark
  4. Robbe flies - Photographic atlas and identification key
  5. Flickr
  6. 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
  7. Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  8. Waarnemingen

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