Oxycera pardalina
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Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Description
Body length 4.0 to 5.0 mm.Black. Mesonotum only slightly glossy. Basal segments of antennae yellow, the 3rd segment 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.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Biology
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,
Distribution
Northern Central and Southern Europe.
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.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=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
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