Oxycera rara | |
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specimen from North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
Tribe: | Oxycerini |
Genus: | Oxycera |
Species: | O. rara
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Binomial name | |
Oxycera rara | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly. [3] [4] [5]
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. [3]
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. [6] [7] [4]
Oxycera rara | |
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specimen from North Wales | |
Scientific 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 | |
Synonyms | |
|
Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly. [3] [4] [5]
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. [3]
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. [6] [7] [4]