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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) » Therevinae » Cyclotelus » Cyclotelus rufiventris

Species Cyclotelus rufiventris

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Therevidae (Stiletto Flies)
Subfamily Therevinae
Genus Cyclotelus
Species rufiventris (Cyclotelus rufiventris)
Other Common Names
The correct name is Cerocatus rufiventris
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epomyia lacteipennis, Cyclotelus lacteipennis, Psilocephala rufiventris, Psilocephala lacteipennis, Psilocephala rufiventris, Cyclotelus rufiventris
Size
Female 7 to 9 mm., male 5.5 to 6.5 mm long.
Identification
Head: Black with silvery-white pile.
Antenna: Yellowish-brown, last segment brown. 1st segment quite short, unusual for Cerocatus.
Thorax: Segment 1 (scutum) black with 2 gray pile longitudinal stripes, one each side of center.
Segment 2 (scutellum) black, the base has a white line. Thorax side blue-gray pile.
Wings: Clear, more whitish, with traces of 2 grayish crossbands, one near center of wing, one near tip. Male has faint spots (may be absent) in place of bands. Veins and stigma brown.
Legs: Blackish-brown. White pile on thighs (femora). Feet black. Hind foot 1st segment yellowish.
Abdomen: Female is reddish-orange, except segment 1 black with silver-gray pile. Base of all segments (incisures) dark. Tip has a yellowish circle of bristles. Underside reddish-orange.
Male abdomen black; segments 1 to 3 covered with silvery-gray pile; 4 to 6 shiny black; tip reddish-yellow, hairy.
Range
U.S. except west coast; Ontario.
Habitat
Forest edges and meadows in sandy soils, dunes.
Season
June to August in the north, earlier in the south.
Food
Generally this genus feeds on wireworms – click beetle larvae.
Remarks
Types:
Holotype as Psilocephala rufiventris female by Loew 1869. #140262 & #10672. Locality: Nebraska. In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Internet References
References:
Insecta Saundersiana, 1856, Vol. 1, pg. 4 by Walker.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1923, Vol. 62 Article 4: A revision of the North American two-winged flies of the family Therevidae by Cole.
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 1979-81, Vol. 32, Article 3: The Genera of Nearctic Therevidae by Irwin & Lyneborg.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 August, 2008 - 6:09pm
Additional contributions by lee_penner
Last updated 16 February, 2016 - 6:22pm

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