Ptecticus

Ptecticus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae (soldier flies).^[5] The ground colour of the body may be yellow, brown or black, and the abdomen often shows a degree of transverse stripes. They may mimic parasitic wasps in appearance and habits. The wings are often dusky and the second abdominal segment may be translucent. A well-developed inner projection of the second antennal segment is characteristic for the majority of Ptecticus species.^[6] Their larvae are broad, flat and segmented maggots, which may be found in fermenting fruit. As of 2000, 40 species were known from the Old World alone.^[6] There are at least 150 described species in Ptecticus worldwide.^[7]

Ptecticus trivittatus

Ptecticus
Ptecticus trivittatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Sarginae
Genus:	Ptecticus Loew, 1855[1]
Type species
Sargus testaceus Fabricius, 1805[2]
Synonyms
Gongrozus Enderlein, 1914[3] Pedicella Bigot, 1856[4]

See also

• List of Ptecticus species

References

1. Loew, H. (1855). "Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Sargus" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 5: 131–148. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
3. Enderlein, G. (1914). "Dipterologische Studien. IX. Zur Kenntnis der Stratiomyiiden mit 3astiger Media und ihre Gruppierung. A. Formen, bei denen der 1. Cubitalast mit der Discoidalzelle durch Querader verbunden ist oder sie nur in einem Punkte beruhrt (Subfamilien: Geosarginae, Analcocerinae, Stratiomyiinae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 43 (13): 577–615. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Bigot, J.M.F. (1856). "Essai d'une classification generale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes diptères. 4e memoire. Tribus des Tabani, Nemestrinidii, Cyrtidii et Leptidii (mini)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 4 (3): 51–91. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. Picker, M.; et al. (2002). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
6. Rozkosny, Rudolf; Kovac, Damir (2000). "A Revision of the Ptecticus tenebrifer species group (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 48 (1): 103–110. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
7. Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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