Cerdistus erythrurus

Cerdistus erythrurus
	Male, dorsal view
	Male, side view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Genus:	Cerdistus
Species:	C. erythrurus
Binomial name
	Cerdistus erythrurus; (Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
	Asilus erythrurus Meigen, 1820

Cerdistus erythrurus is a species of robber fly in the subfamily Asilinae. It is the type species of the genus Cerdistus.

Distribution edit

This species is present in Southern Europe (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and former Yugoslavia).^[2]

Description edit

Cerdistus erythrurus can reach a body length of about 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in).^[3] These rather little robber flies are mainly black. Legs are black, with reddish tibiae. In males the modified last abdominal segment supporting the copulatory apparatus (hypopygium) may be partly reddish.

Adults can be found from May to July–August.^{[citation needed]}

References edit

External links edit

Geller-Grimm, F. (2011) Information on robber flies
Diptères du Gard
Les insectes
Inaturalist

[1] Biolib

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Galerie-insecte

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