| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachina ferox (Panzer, 1809) | |
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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.
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe. 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.
Description
Tachina (Nowickia) ferox can reach a length of 11–15 millimetres (0.43–0.59 in). 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. 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.
Biology
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. Larvae develop in the dark arches moth (Apamea monoglypha).
References
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- Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of Life Archived 2024-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
- O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Commanster". Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ Hans-Peter Tschorsnig and Benno Herting The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe: Identification Keys for the Species and Data on Distribution and Ecology. Archived 2021-06-20 at the Wayback Machine State Museum of Natural Science, Stuttgart
- ^ "Nature Spot". Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Nowickia ferox | |