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Platystoma lugubre
Platystoma lugubre is a species of fly in the family Platystomatidae, commonly found in Europe and known for its distinctive wing patterns.
From the article Platystoma lugubre on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Platystoma lugubre can reach a length of 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in). These medium-sized flies have a body mottled with greyish and yellow. The upperside of the abdomen is shiny black with two large spots of yellow gray pollonisity. The lower part of the abdomen is lemon yellow. The large eyes are reddish. Halteres are reddish yellow. Legs are black. Wings are black, mottled with transparent spots. This species is rather similar to Platystoma seminationis, but the latter is clearly smaller and quite common.
Range & habitat
These flies mainly inhabit the edges of forests, parks, gardens, woodlands, scrubs and cemeteries.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 324315.