Species Sargus bipunctatus - Twin-spot Centurion Soldier Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited

Sargus sp. - Sargus bipunctatus - female

Uncommon Fly from Oregon - Sargus bipunctatus - female

Soldier Fly - Twin-Spot Centurion - Sargus bipunctatus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Subfamily Sarginae

Genus Sargus

Species bipunctatus (Twin-spot Centurion Soldier Fly)

Explanation of Names

Sargus bipunctatus (Scopoli 1763)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA (Pacific Coast, BC-OR)(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California James, M. T. 1960. University of California Press.

2.	The soldier flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): I. Beridinae, Sarginae, and Clitellariinae McFadden M.W. 1972. The Canadian Entomologist 104: 531-562.

Contributed by v belov on 3 May, 2011 - 2:32pm
Last updated 7 March, 2013 - 2:33pm

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