Callopistromyia annulipes

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| genus = Callopistromyia

| species = annulipes

| authority = (Macquart, 1855){{cite book |last1=Macquart |first1=P.J.M. |title=Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5.e supplément |date=1855 |publisher=Roret |location=Paris |pages=5–136}}

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| synonyms = *Platystoma annulipes Macquart, 1855

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The peacock fly (Callopistromyia annulipes) is a species of picture-winged flies in the genus Callopistromyia of the family Ulidiidae.{{cite journal |last= Steyskal |first= G.C. |date= 1979|title= Biological, anatomical, and distributional notes on the genus Callopistromyia Hendel (Diptera: Otitidae)|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|publisher= Entomological Society of Washington|volume= 81|pages= 450–455 |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25209301#page/476/mode/1up|access-date=21 June 2014}}{{cite web |url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=406026 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150526004056/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=406026 |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 26, 2015 |title= Fauna Europaea project|author= |date= |work= |publisher= |access-date=4 March 2012}} They are native to and widespread across North America. This species has recently been introduced accidentally to Europe, and is known from Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Czechia, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, San Marino and Croatia.{{Cite journal|last=Kasalo|first=Niko|last2=Topić|first2=Martina|last3=Tarandek|first3=Anita|date=31 December 2021|title=The first record of the peacock fly Callopistromyia annulipes Macquart, 1855 (Diptera: Ulidiidae) in Croatia revealed by social media|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/391014|journal=Natura Croatica|volume=30|issue=2|pages=523–528|doi=10.20302/NC.2021.30.36|doi-access=free}}

Behaviour

Males and females posture and strut on rotting trees or logs with their wings raised vertically and pointed forward. The resemblance to a peacock's tail is enhanced by blue reflections.

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