Oxycera analis
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Oxycera analis, the dark-winged soldier, is a species of soldier fly.[1][2][3]
Distribution
This rather rare species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.[4]
Habitat
These soldier flies usually inhabit woodland springs, calcareous seepages, small streams and sometimes fens and marshes.[5][6]
Description
Oxycera analis can reach a length of 5.5–7 millimetres (0.22–0.28 in) and a wingspan of 5.9–6.6 millimetres (0.23–0.26 in).[7] In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish. In any case in the females the apex of tergite 5 of the scutellum is yellowish. Moreover the scutellum has two spines. Also the abdomen is black with a single apical spot, rarely with yellow side-markings. Antennal apical consists of the two last flagellomeres. Wings show a distinct dark cloud in the [7][8]
Biology
Adults of Oxycera analis can be found in Summer, with a peak in June and July. Larvae live in the sediments and mosses associated with wetlands.[5][9]
See also
References
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ 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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- ^ a b Oxycera analis (Dark-winged Soldier) in Flickr
- ^ Managing springs and seepages in woodlands
- ^ a b Menno Reemer English text for Reemer’s field key to soldierflies of the Netherlands
- ^ Menno Reemer Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae)
- ^ R. Rozkosný A Biosystematic Study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera): Volume 2
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