Sargus decorus

Sargus decorus is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae.^[8]

Sargus decorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Sarginae
Genus:	Sargus
Species:	S. decorus
Binomial name
Sargus decorus Say, 1824[1]
Synonyms
Sargus xanthopus Wiedemann, 1830[2] Sargus marginatus Wulp, 1867[3] Sargus picticornis Bigot, 1887[4] Sargus pallipes Bigot, 1887[4] Sargus puntifer Bigot, 1887[4] Sargus punctifer Kertész, 1908[5] Sargus bigoti Brunetti, 1923[6] Sargus decorus subsp. alaskensis James, 1951[7]

Sargus decorus on a leaf

Distribution

Widespread Nearctic.

See also

• Sargus albibarbus
• Sargus bipunctatus