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Sargus

Keith Bayless
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Containing group: Sarginae

Introduction

Sargus is a cosmopolitan genus, with 47 described species found in Central and South America, 21 in Europe, 17 in sub-Saharan Africa, and a few elsewhere in the world. S. decorus has been observed in large conspecific swarms (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Sargus can be distinguished from other Nearctic Sarginae except Microchrysa by the bare eye, the distal projection on the calypter, and the anterior ocellus further away from the posterior ocelli than the posterior ocelli are from one another (James 1981).

References

Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Sargus niphonensis
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Source Sargus niphonensis
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