Nemotelus notatus, the flecked snout, is a European species of soldier fly.[8][9][10]
Description
Length 5–6,5 mm. Male: the snout (rostellum) is short;the abdomen is white with black basal and apical spots and with a spot on the third segment (Seguy "sternites I-IV tachés de noir"), the venter is white with a black marginal spot. Female: the snout (rostellum) is short; the white spots above the antennae are triangular, not oblique and widely separated in the middle.[11][12][13][14]
Biology
The flight period is June to August. Habitats are salt marshes and other salt grounds. Larvae in saline water bodies. Adults are flower feeders on Crepis Cirsium, Senecio, Tripolium pannonicum and umbellifers and....
Distribution
Northern and Central Europe, from southern Sweden to southern Germany and Austria. Siberia. Finland.
References
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^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1-440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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^ Loew, H. (1846). "Fragmente zur Kenntniss der europäische n Arten einiger Dipterengattungen". Linn. Ent. 1: 319–530, pl. III.
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^ Costa, A. (1884). "Notizie ed osservazioni sulla geo-fauna Sarda. Memoria terza" (PDF). Risultamento delle ricerche fatte in Sardegna nella estate del 1883. Atti Accad. Sci. Fis. Mat. Napoli. 1 (9): 1–64. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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^ Verhoeff, C. (1891). "Eine neue Stratiomyide". Entomologische Nachrichten. 17: 3–4. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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^ Becker, T. (1902). "Ägyptische Dipteren [part]". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum in Berlin. 2: 1–66, 1 pl.
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^ Lindner, E. (1937). "18. Stratiomyidae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.)". Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 4 (Lfg.108) (1): 145–176, pls. 7.
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^ Lindner, E. (1937). "18. Stratiomyidae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.)". Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 4 (Lfg.110) (1): 97–144, pls. 5-6.
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^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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^ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
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^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
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^ Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
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^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations
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^ E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
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^ William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols
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