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Beris
Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. They are also referred to as the false soldier fly. As described by Latreille in 1802, these are small to medium sized flies with metallic colors.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Murky-legged Black Legionnaire
speciesBeris chalybata

Orange Legionnaire
speciesBeris vallata

Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire
speciesBeris morrisii

Scarce Orange Legionnaire
speciesBeris clavipes

Long-horned Black Legionnaire
speciesBeris geniculata

Short-horned Black Legionnaire
speciesBeris fuscipes

Beris schaposchnikowi
speciesBeris schaposchnikowi

Beris strobli
speciesBeris strobli

Beris hildebrandtae
speciesBeris hildebrandtae
Beris kovalevi
speciesBeris kovalevi
Beris luteipes
speciesBeris luteipes
Beris cypria
speciesBeris cypria
Beris hauseri
speciesBeris hauseri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 34)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.77

Herbarius
1485 · p.70

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.70

On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.176

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.99

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.69

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.67

Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.71

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.71

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.223

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.69

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.241
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 471968.