Chrysops relictus
Deer fly ( Chrysops relictus ), male
The deer fly ( Chrysops relictus ) is a fly from the family of the brakes ( Tabanidae ).
- 3.1 Notes and references
- 3.2 Literature
Features
The deer fly reaches a height of nine to fourteen millimeters and is colored very noticeable. The mesonotum and scutellum ( scutellum ) are shiny black with a brown-yellow pubescence, the pleurae wear black hair strips. The top of the second Tergits on the abdomen is pale yellow with two black spots. The third and fourth tergite is black and wears each light yellowish triangles on tergites fifth to seventh abdominal segment in the male and from the third to seventh in the female are black in color and have a light yellowish hem. The transparent wings are like a mosaic stained with brown spots at the top of each is a vast brown patch. The legs ( femurs ) are colored black, the rails ( tibiae ) of the middle pairs of legs are yellow - brownish, but have a dark tip. The compound eyes are green and crash the male. The lower part of the face is dusted yellow, the front triangle is glossy black. The antennae are black, wherein the first member is slightly thickened in the male, the female is the slimmer and occasionally yellow. The palps are black.
Similar Species
Chrysops caecutiens is the kind of very similar but has black colored tibiae on the middle pair of legs and the wing spot does not reach the cell R2.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Central, Southern and Northern Europe, and flies from May to August.