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Clitellaria ephippium

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Wikipedia Abstract

Clitellaria ephippium is a species of 'Soldier Fly' (so named for the thorns that armor the body) belonging to the family Stratiomyidae. This species is present in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Hungary, central and southern Russia, Spain and in Switzerland. The predatory larvae of this species develop in ant nests, such as Formica fuliginosa (Formicidae).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alte Valli Stura e Maira 103806 Italy  

Providers

Parasite of 
Lasius fuliginosus[1]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0