Dinosargus lateritius
Keith BaylessIntroduction
Dinosargus lateritius is native to Madagascar (Woodley 2001). It is an unusually large sargine soldier fly known from very few specimens. It has not been collected in about 80 years (Hauser 2007).
References
Hauser, M. 2007. Soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) diversity in Madagascar: How much of it is already lost? 55th Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA. Submitted Poster.
Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
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