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MOUCHE ARMEE [1 record]

Record 1 1991-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

The flower-visiting soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) are mostly gorgeously colored. Broader and flatter in build than other [Brachycera], they rest their wings one above the other. They almost always are "armed" with 2 spines on the rear portion (scutellum) of the upper surface of the thorax.

OBS

insecte d'Amérique du Nord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Mouche orthoraphe robuste, assez plate, ordinairement brune, marquée de jaune et de blanc (...) Type de la famille des stratiomyidés).

Spanish

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