Oxycera pardalina | |
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Oxycera pardalina in the 1790 edition of Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 13) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
Tribe: | Oxycerini |
Genus: | Oxycera |
Species: | O. pardalina
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Binomial name | |
Oxycera pardalina | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [10] [11] [12]
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]
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,
Northern Central and Southern Europe.
Oxycera pardalina | |
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Oxycera pardalina in the 1790 edition of Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 13) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
Tribe: | Oxycerini |
Genus: | Oxycera |
Species: | O. pardalina
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Binomial name | |
Oxycera pardalina | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [10] [11] [12]
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]
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,
Northern Central and Southern Europe.