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title: "Gewone wapenvlieg"
description: "Chloromyia formosa — Insecten en spinnen. Chloromyia formosa is a species of soldier flies belonging to the family Stratiomyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/broad-centurion-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone wapenvlieg

> Chloromyia formosa — Insecten en spinnen. Chloromyia formosa is a species of soldier flies belonging to the family Stratiomyidae.

- Scientific name: *Chloromyia formosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16654
- Wikidata: [Q289431](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289431)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326598](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326598)

## Names

- en: Broad Centurion Fly
- de: Gewöhnliche Waffenfliege
- fr: Chloromyie agréable
- nl: Gewone wapenvlieg
- pl: Zielonucha kształtna

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3432), FR (2338), DE (1572), IT (1484), AT (718), ES (634), DK (482), PL (480), PT (457), NL (454), RU (429), UA (254)

## Summary

Chloromyia formosa is a species of soldier flies belonging to the family Stratiomyidae. Another name for it is Broad centurion.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromyia_formosa

## Photo

![Gewone wapenvlieg](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-centurion-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146825730

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/broad-centurion-fly?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).