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Platystoma seminationis

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Platystoma seminationis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platystomatidae
Genus: Platystoma
Species:
P. seminationis
Binomial name
Platystoma seminationis
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Musca seminationis Fabricius, 1775
  • Musca fulviventris Schrank, 1781
  • Platystoma valachiae Hendel, 1913
  • Platystoma rufimana Loew, 1873
  • Megaglossa vegetationis Rondani, 1869
  • Platystoma biseta Loew, 1868
  • Platystoma frauenfeldi Nowicki, 1867
  • Platystoma angustipennis Loew, 1854
  • Musca variolosa Schrank, 1837
  • Platystoma transversa Fabricius, 1805

[1]

Platystoma seminationis, the dancing "kiss fly", is a species of fly in the family Platystomatidae.[2]

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Subspecies

Subspecies include: [2][3]

  • Platystoma seminationis angustipenne Loew, 1854
  • Platystoma seminationis bisetum Loew, 1868
  • Platystoma seminationis frauenfeldi Nowicki, 1867
  • Platystoma seminationis rufimanum Loew, 1873
  • Platystoma seminationis seminationis (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands and Ukraine) and in the Near East. [3][4] It is adventive in North America. [5][6]

Habitat

These flies inhabit forest fringes or hedges, primarily on low herbaceous vegetation in shady places.

Description

Platystoma seminationis can reach a body length of 5.5–6.5 millimetres (0.22–0.26 in). In these flies the interocular space and the epistomes are black and the eyes are reddish-brown. Thorax is greyish. The wings are translucent, greyish brown, with light spots. The abdomen is black, without punctuation. Tarsi are monochromatic black. The largest tarsal segments are reddish near the base, or show reddish hairs on lower side. Moreover halteres have a blackish brown club. [4][7]

Biology

Adults can be found from May to October. [8] They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of the cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias), green spurge (Euphorbia esula) and other Euphorbiaceae, as well as on feces. Larvae develop in and feed on decaying vegetable material, [8] on mushrooms and on roots of mushroom-infected plants and are probably saprophages. [5]

These flies have a highly developed ritual of courtship, during which after a dance of rapprochement the male and female "kiss" each other, touching together with their large proboscis for 5-15 seconds. [9][10]

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References

  1. ^ Catalogue of life
  2. ^ a b Biolib
  3. ^ a b Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ a b Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6
  5. ^ a b Bug Guide
  6. ^ Inaturalist
  7. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique  pdf
  8. ^ a b Nature Spot
  9. ^ Macroid
  10. ^ "Naturbildarchiv". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  • Joachim und Hiroko Haupt: Fliegen und Mücken: Beobachtung, Lebensweise. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-278-4.

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