Chlorops pumilionis is a species of pest fly from the family Chloropidae. It is also known as the chloropid gout fly or barley gout fly. It is an oligophagous pest of cereal crops.[1]
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| Chlorops pumilionis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chloropidae |
| Genus: | Chlorops |
| Species: | C. pumilionis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorops pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778)
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Description edit
The thorax is straw yellow, with three longitudinal nodal stripes. The head has black ocular triangle. The third antennal segment and two last segments of tarsus are black.[1]
Distribution edit
The fly is widespread in South, North, Central Europe, North America, Africa, and Japan.[1]
Ecology edit
The gout fly damages 18 species of cultivated and wild cereal plants, wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy grass and couch grass.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Berim M.N. "Chlorops pumilionis Bjekander - Chloropid Gout Fly". Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds. Retrieved 15 February 2010.