Oxycera pygmaea
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Oxycera pygmaea (Fallén, 1817)
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Oxycera pygmaea, the pygmy soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description
Body length 3.0 to 4.0 mm. Mesonotum punctate, with decumbent grey hairs.Both male and female black with yellow humeri, yellow notopleural margin, and small yellow spots on postalar calli.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Biology
The habitat is wetland, calcareous seepages. The flight period is from June to July.
Distribution
Northern Europe Central Europe up to southern Sweden Central
See also
References
- ^ Stubbs, A.; Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
- ^ George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909)BHL Full text with illustrations
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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