''Sargus cuprarius'', the clouded centurion, is a

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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)

William Lundbeck William Lundbeck (16 October 1863 in Aalborg – 18 May 1941 in Kongens Lyngby) was a Danish entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was a Professor in the University Museum in Copenhagen. Lundbeck's most important work was ''Diptera Danica. ...

''Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark''. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols

Biology

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

Distribution

Western Europe North and South European Russia, Caucasus; mountains of Central Asia, Mongolia, North America.

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Stratiomyidae Brachyceran flies of Europe Flies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Stratiomyidae-stub