- Chlorops pumilionis
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Chlorops pumilionis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Chloropidae Genus: Chlorops Species: C. pumilionis Binomial name Chlorops pumilionis
(Bjerkander, 1778)Synonyms 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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Description
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
The fly is widespread in South, North, Central Europe, North America, Africa, and Japan.[1]
Ecology
The gout fly damages 18 species of cultivated and wild cereal plants, wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy grass and couch grass.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Chlorops pumilionis Bjekander - Chloropid Gout Fly". Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds. http://www.agroatlas.spb.ru/en/content/pests/Chlorops_pumilionis/. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
Categories:- Chloropidae
- Diptera of Europe
- Diptera of North America
- Diptera of Asia
- Diptera of Africa
- Agricultural pest insects
- Animals described in 1778
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