Oxycera leonina

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Oxycera leonina
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Oxycera leonina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Oxycerini
Genus: Oxycera
Species:
O. leonina
Binomial name
Oxycera leonina
(Panzer, 1798) [1]
Synonyms

Oxycera leonina, the twin-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly. [3] [4] [5]

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Description

Adult body length 5.5 to 8 mm. Wing length 5.5 to 6 mm. In both male and female, the scutellum has two spines. The abdomen is nearly all black except for small bits of yellow at the tip and the base. [4]

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. [3]

More recently it has also been found in Turkey. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Panzer, G.W.F. (1800). Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 73. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.
  2. Lindner, E. (1943). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. Ergebnisse einer Sammelreise H. Zerny's 1935/36. VI. Diptera: 2. Stratiomyiidae". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 53 (2): 101–106.
  3. 1 2 Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256 pp. ISBN   9789051070682.
  6. ÜSTÜNER, Turgay; HASBENLİ, Abdullah; ÇAĞLAR, Üzeyir (26 November 2015). "Türkiye'den Oxycera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) cinsine ait üç yeni kayıt". Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni. 5 (4): 179. doi: 10.16969/teb.79961 . ISSN   2146-975X.