Heniochi. Distribution. North Europe, Central Europe, Southwest Europe, north up to Sweden.European Russia. Beris vallata Beris vallata, the orange legionnaire or common orange legionnaire, is a European species of soldier fly. Description. Body length 5.0 to 6.0 mm. Abdomen entirely matt yellow, without black bands. All tibiae black in apical half. Wings of female yellowish with brown pterostigma; wings of male blackish. Pubescence of abdomen black in male, yellow in female. Biology. The flight period is may to September. A hedgerow species. One larvae microhabitat is Bryophyta. The larva feeds on dead leaves and puparia have been found among fallen 	Beris vallata
27537852	Beris chalybata Beris chalybata Beris chalybata, the murky-legged black legionnaire, is a European (Northern and middle Europe from the northern Sweden down into France. European Russia) species of soldier fly. Description. Length 5,5—5,8 mm. Male. Eyes hairy, the facets in the upper part slightly larger than below, the dividing line slightly conspicuous. Antennae black, short, shorter than the head: the annulated part short and stubby. Thorax dark metallic green, with blackish brown and longish pubescence. Abdomen dull black with blackish pubescence (long at the margin). Venter brownish black, shining. Legs yellow; coxae brownish black; tarsi, except the bases, brownish black: hind 	Beris chalybata
27537853	metatarsi yellow, much thickened; the four last joints of the hind tarsi are also slightly dilated. Legs with fine yellowish pubescence. Wings considerably brownish with brownish veins, stigma not conspicuous. Halteres blackish brown. Female. Fronsin the female broad, occupying the third part of the breadth of the head. Eyes sparingly and short hairy. Front broad, black. Thorax more greenish or bluish than in the male, with short, pale brown pubescence. Abdomen dark brown, shining. Wings not brown but distinctly yellowish, with light brown veins, stigma brown. Halteres yellow. Biology. The habitat is moist or shaded locations with trees and hedgerows	Beris chalybata
27537854	. Adults are found from April to September. The saproxylic larvae found in decaying dead leaves and wood debris. Beris chalybata Beris chalybata, the murky-legged black legionnaire, is a European (Northern and middle Europe from the northern Sweden down into France. European Russia) species of soldier fly. Description. Length 5,5—5,8 mm. Male. Eyes hairy, the facets in the upper part slightly larger than below, the dividing line slightly conspicuous. Antennae black, short, shorter than the head: the annulated part short and stubby. Thorax dark metallic green, with blackish brown and longish pubescence. Abdomen dull black with blackish pubescence (long at 	Beris chalybata
27537855	Heniochi Heniochi The Heniochi (, , Heníochoi" "charioteers") were an ancient tribe inhabiting northwest shores of Colchis (present-day Abkhazia, northwestern Georgia) and some say Phasis area. Their country was called Heniocheia (). They are attested by a number of ancient historians and others alike, namely: Aristotle, Artemidorus Ephesius, Ovid, Pliny the Elder, Arrian, Strabo and others. It is pointed out that they lived in a quite wide area from Dioscurias (), to Trabzon. Sources from the 5th to 4th century BC till the 1st century AD note the Heniokhs lived from modern Sochi till Pitiunt - Dioskourias. It is difficult to identify with certainty the  relationship between the tribes mentioned by classical authors and the contemporary ethnic groups. Various scholars relate the tribe to modern day Georgians (specifically Zans and Svans) and Abkhaz. The tribe of Heniochs according to Artemidorus of Ephesus, occupied in the 5th - 1st cc. B.C, the Black Sea littoral that is part of present-day Abkhazia: - from the environs of Pitiunt or Pityus to the river Achaeuntus (the Shakhe river near present-day Tuapse). Aristotle describes the Heniochi (along with the Acaei) as a group of people "ready enough to kill and eat men." Heniochi The Heniochi (, , "Heníochoi" "charioteers") were an