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Mangir fly (Ptecticus cingulatus)

Mangir fly (Ptecticus cingulatus) is an animal species in Stratiomyidae, arboreal winged insects, long body, half-ball-shaped head, long legs, spending time perched on leaves in the shade in the bush, medium trees in forests and agricultural land.

P. cingulatus has a half-spherical head dominated by large, bluish-green eyes with a red and brilliant bias. Whitish yellow neck. The back is light brown, the sides and bottom are whitish yellow.

Dlium Mangir fly (Ptecticus cingulatus)


The belly is elongated cylindrical, jointed, whitish yellow, the upper part has horizontal plots that are elliptical and black. The pair of wings are elongated with multiple veins, rounded tips, transparent and stacked to cover the entire abdomen at rest.

The legs are tubular, long and slender with several joints. The forelegs pair have a yellow and brown color with black tips. The middle pair of legs have yellow, brown and black with black tips. The pair of hind legs have brown, black and white color with black tips.



Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Orthorrhapha
Parvorder: Stratiomyomorpha
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Sarginae
Genus: Ptecticus
Species: Ptecticus cingulatus

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