Nephrotoma cornicina

Nephrotoma cornicina is a species of fly in the family Tipulidae.[1]

Nephrotoma cornicina
Nephrotoma cornicina, female with ovipositor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tipulidae
Genus:
Nephrotoma
Species:
N. cornicina
Binomial name
Nephrotoma cornicina
Synonyms
  • Nephrotoma flavomaculata (De Geer, 1776)
  • Nephrotoma iridicolor (Schummel, 1833)
  • Nephrotoma nigrina Savchenko, 1973
  • Nephrotoma petiolata (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • Nephrotoma sannio (Meigen, 1838)

Subspecies

Subspecies include:[2]

  • Nephrotoma cornicina cornicina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nephrotoma cornicina sardiniensis Oosterbroek, 1978 (Sardinia)

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in the Palearctic realm. It can be found in most of Europe (Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine) , in the European Russia, in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, in the Nearctic realm (Canada, United States), and in the Near East (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Iran).[3]

Habitat

These flies mainly inhabit turfgrass and hedge rows.[4][5]

Description

Nephrotoma cornicina can reach a body length of 12–15 millimetres (0.47–0.59 in) and a wing length of 11–15 millimetres (0.43–0.59 in).[5] On the wings the stigma is quite small, brown or black, clearly distinct. These flies have slender-bodies, with elongate an rather narrow wings and very long and slender legs. Ocelli are absent and the occipital mark is black. Flagellum is entirely black. Abdomen is mainly yellow, with a dark median stripe, sometimes absent on tergites 6 and 7. In males sternite 8 shows a straight rather long appendage directed at caudal margin. Tergite 9 is short and rather broad, swollen and rounded towards sides. The females have a pointed shiny brown ovipositor with a black basal half, for laying eggs into the ground.[6][7][8][9]

Biology

Adults can be found from late April to mid-September.[4][5] They feed on nectar of Taraxacum campylodes and Anthriscus sylvestris.[5]

References
  1. BioLib
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. Fauna europaea
  4. Discover life
  5. J.K. Lindsey Commanster
  6. R.L.Coe, P. Freeman, P.F. Mattingly Handbook for identification of British Insectes
  7. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II . Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  8. Pierre, C. , (1924) Diptères : Tipulidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 8 159 p. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  9. Qiu-Lei Men, Guo-Xi Xue, and Hai Yang new species of the genus Nephrotoma (Diptera, Tipuloidea, Tipulidae) from China with a key to species from Mainland China
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