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Pelidnoptera nigripennis
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Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized; a monotypic
species.
Original
description
Fabricius, 1794
Fabricius JC (1794). Entomologia systematica. Volume 4. C. G. Proft,
Copenhagen. p. 346.
The holotype is of unknown sex, deposited with the ZMUC in Copenhagen.
The holotype is damaged and in bad condition (Sueyoshi et al., 2009).
Type locality is "Gallia" interpreted as France.
Synonyms
Musca nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Pelidnoptera nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)
Otites nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)
Phaeomyia nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)
Oscinis melanoptera Olivier (in Latreille), 1812
Oscinia melanoptera (Olivier (in
Latreille), 1812)
Oscina melanoptera (Olivier (in Latreille), 1812)
Identification
Size ranges between 5,8 to 11,0 mm.
Distribution
Widely distributed in Europe, but not a common species. Recorded from
most European countries
from France in the west to St. Petersburg (Russia) in the east. It has
been introduced in Australia to control millipede pest species.
Biology
The imagines fly from April to July. The larvae are obligate parasites
of millipedes (genus Ommatoiulus).
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