Sargus cuprarius

Sargus cuprarius, the clouded centurion, is a European species of soldier fly. ^[4][5][6]

Sargus cuprarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Sarginae
Genus:	Sargus
Species:	S. cuprarius
Binomial name
Sargus cuprarius (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Musca cupraria Linnaeus, 1758[1] Sargus minimus Zetterstedt, 1849[2] Sargus nubeculosus Zetterstedt, 1842[3]

Description

Body length 6–12 mm. Green eyes with a purple transverse line, upper edge dark or violet. Face and frons with erect fine black hair; White spot at the base of each antenna. Proboscis yellowish brown. Black antennae. A shiny metallic green blue thorax, covered with fine yellow hair ( whitish in male). Wings with distinct darker spots below stigma. Black legs, yellow knees. Abdomen copper, darker than the thorax with a purple or violet end (male); violet with a copper base (female) ^{[7][8][9] [10]}

Biology

Found in open and wooded habitats and humid places, from June. Larva in decomposing vegetable matter.

Distribution

It is found in Western Europe, North and South European Russia, the Caucasus, mountains of Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America.