Myopa buccata
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Myopa buccata is a species fromthe bladder-head fly family (Conopidae).
features
The flies reach body lengths between 6 and 11 millimeters. They have a brown-black pattern. Her face, which extends well below her eyes, is white. There are up to four brown spots behind the eyes. The front is brownish in color. The black mesonotum has reddish brown shoulder bumps, a brownish side margin and two reddish brown spots at the base. The label is black. The antennae and proboscis (proboscis) are brownish in color. The femora and tibia are patterned black and reddish brown. The abdomen is predominantly black-reddish brown in color. In the males there are distinctive whitish spots on the tergites . These are only indistinctly recognizable in the females. The wings are an important distinguishing feature from similar species. The cross vein rm is whitish, while it is black or dark in other species. There are also several light and dark spots on the wings.
distribution
The species is widespread in Europe. They occur in the north as far as the British Isles and Denmark and Norway, in the south as far as the western Mediterranean.
Way of life
The flies can be seen from April to July, mostly on the edge of the forest. You will visit the flowers of various early bloomers, including blackthorn , hawthorn , white berries , ground elder , wild garlic and dandelion .
The larvae of Myopa buccata are endoparasitoids of various sand bees of the genus Andrena , including Andrena scotica . The female flies place an egg on the abdomen of a sand bee. The hatched larva burrows into the host's abdomen and feeds on its host's hemolymphs and internal organs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Myopa buccata at fauna Europaea. Retrieved April 28, 2019
Web links
- Key to the genus Myopa by Mark van Veen
- Myopa buccata (photos and information) by Steven Falk at www.flickr.com
- Myopa buccata at www.biolib.cz