Oxycera pardalina
Oxycera pardalina in the 1790 edition of Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 13)
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. pardalina
Binomial name
Oxycera pardalina
Meigen, 1822[1]
Synonyms

Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [10][11][12]

Description

Body length 4.0 to 5.0 mm. Black. Mesonotum only slightly glossy. Basal segments of antennae yellow, the third segment is dark brown. Scutellum with two black spots near base. Abdomen: second, third and fourth tergites with rounded side spots; Fourth tergite band complete or closely separated in the middle, fifth with a large rounded median spot. Female: yellow stripe on face along anterior margin of eyes continued onto frons.[13][14][15] [16]

Biology

The habitat is hilly country, small calcareous streams in scrub or at a woodland edge. The flight period is from early June to early August,

Distribution

Northern Central and Southern Europe.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Loew, H. (1857). "Ueber die europäischen Arten der Gattung Oxycera" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1: 21–34. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18570010107. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der europäische n Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 10 (1–3): 217–237. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18660100114. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ Loew, H. (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europäische r Dipteren. Zweiter Band. Halle: H.W. Schmidt. pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.
  5. ^ Séguy, E. (1934). "Diptères d'Espagne étude systématique basée principalement sur les collec- tions formées par le R. P. Longin Navas, S.J.Zaragoza". Memorias de la Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales de. 3: 1–54.
  6. ^ Lindner, E. (1938). "18. Stratiomyidae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.)". Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 4 (Lfg.116) (1): 177–218.
  7. ^ Szilády, Z. (1941). "Palarktische Stratiomyiden" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoology). 34: 88–101. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. ^ Hrbácek, J. (1945). "Notes on the Stratiomyiidae of Central Europe". Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické. 42: 95–100.
  9. ^ Vaillant, F. (1950). "Contribution a l'etudes des Stratiomyidae du genre Hermione". Revue fr. Ent. 17: 245–256.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  12. ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  13. ^ Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
  14. ^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
  15. ^ E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.
  16. ^ William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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