Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797 is a animal in the Stratiomyidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797 is a small 2–3 mm black fly found across Europe, the Caucasus, and southern Russia.
This is a species of minute fly, with a recorded body length of 2–3 mm. Individuals have a lustrous, brilliant black body and a round abdomen. Their eyes are black and green, the proboscis is brown, and the halteres are brown. Antennae are brown in males; in females, antennae are red, with the apical half slightly yellow. This species is distributed across West Europe, Central and South European Russia, and the Caucasus, and it is common in these areas.
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Nemotelus bruesii Melander, 1903
Nemotelus kansensis Adams, 1903
Hermetia chrysopila Loew, 1872
Stratiomys obesa (Loew, 1866)
Stratiomys maculosa (Loew, 1866)
Hedriodiscus trivittatus (Say, 1829)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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