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Oxycera pardalina

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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

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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

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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

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Northern Central and Southern Europe.

References

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  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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