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Oxycera rara
specimen from North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Oxycerini
Genus: Oxycera
Species: O. rara
Binomial name
Oxycera rara
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms

Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly.

Description

Adult body length 7 mm. Wing length 6 mm. In both male and female, the scutellum has two spines. The most diagnostic character for this species is that tergite 2 is entirely black with no markings.

Distribution

In the European continent: southern England, Wales, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. In the African continent: Tunisia and Algeria.

References

  1. ^ Scopoli, I.A. (1763). Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae : Trattner. pp.  + 420 pp. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. ^ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
  4. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  5. Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  6. MASON, FRANCO; ROZKOŠNÝ, RUDOLF; HAUSER, MARTIN (22 December 2009). "A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia". Zootaxa. 2318 (1): 507–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2318.1.20. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326. S2CID 87528594.
  7. ROZKOŠNÝ, RUDOLF (1983). A Biosystematic study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera). Vol. 2. Springer Dordrecht. ISBN 9789061931355.
Taxon identifiers
Oxycera rara


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