Callostoma fascipenne Macquart, 1840
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158701 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6272266 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787BD-EF48-FFEB-FEF9-FC7F06C40A22 |
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Plazi |
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Callostoma fascipenne Macquart, 1840 |
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Callostoma fascipenne Macquart, 1840 View in CoL
Material: Eight specimens: Al Aridah 4.V.1981 (1Ψ, 1ɗ) (Al Balqa University), 28.III.2001 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Ar Rumman 13.V.1991 (1Ψ, 1ɗ), 6.VI.1988 (1ɗ); Jarash 1.VI.1980 (1Ψ).
Distribution: Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Macedonia, Palestine, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.
Adults suck the nectar of flowers especially of the Pink Scabious and Thistle ( Austen, 1937). The larvae of these flies are important consumers of egg pods of locusts ( Acrididae ) ( Austen, 1937 and du Merle, 1975).
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