Oxycera rara

Oxycera rara
	Plate from Europäischen Zweiflügeligen depicting Meigen's species pulchella now a junior synonym of rara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Stratiomyinae
Tribe:	Oxycerini
Genus:	Oxycera
Species:	O. rara
Binomial name
	Oxycera rara; (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
	Musca hypoleon Donovan, 1795; Musca rara Scopoli, 1763; Musca tardigradus Harris, 1776; Oxycera hypoleon (Donovan, 1795); Oxycera maculata (Geoffroy, 1785); Oxycera pulchella Meigen, 1822; Oxycera tardigradus (Harris, 1776); Stratiomys maculata Geoffroy, 1785;

Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly. ^[1]

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)

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