Oxycera dives
Appearance
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Oxycera dives female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
Tribe: | Oxycerini |
Genus: | Oxycera |
Species: | O. dives
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Binomial name | |
Oxycera dives |
Oxycera dives, the round-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly. [2][3][4]
Description
[edit]Adult body length 5.5 to 6.5 mm. Wing length 6 mm. Adults have almost completely black legs and a scutellum with two spines.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland.
References
[edit]- ^ Loew, H. (1845). "Dipterologische Beiträge". [ErsterTheil.] [Zu der] offentlichen Prufung der Schuler der KoniglichenFriedrich-Wilhelms- Gymnasium, Posen: 50 + [2] pp., 1 pl.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.