Vanoyia tenuicornis
Species of fly
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Vanoyia tenuicornis, the long-horned soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.[6][7][8]
| Vanoyia tenuicornis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
| Tribe: | Oxycerini |
| Genus: | Vanoyia |
| Species: | V. tenuicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanoyia tenuicornis | |
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Description
Vanoyia tenuicornis is strongly sexually dimorphic. The male has a black thorax and black abdomen, and no yellow pattern except on the notopleural suture and postalar callus. Legs mostly black. The female has an extensively yellow mesopleuron, and a yellow scutellum. Legs of the female are mainly orange. A remarkable species with long antenna; which apparently have no terminal style.[9][10]
Distribution
Belgium, Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, North Africa