| Oxycera morrisii | |
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| Oxycera morrisii depicted in British Entomology | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
| Tribe: | Oxycerini |
| Genus: | Oxycera |
| Species: | O. morrisii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxycera morrisii | |
| Synonyms | |
Oxycera morrisii, the white-barred soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. [5] [6] [7]
Body length L.4-4,5 mm. Cubital vein forked. Scutellum with only the tip yellow. Scutellum has two spines. Abdomen with five transverse whitish yellow isolated spots. A very distinct species. Female. Black. Frons shining, orbits white interrupted on the upper part. Antennae black. One line and a white spot at the wing base. Scutellum white-yellow at the tip. Tarsi yellow. Halteres yellow brown at the base. Abdomen shining black, with five isolated whitish yellow transverse spots, last tergite yellow; sternites brown. - Male. Eyes bare. Sternites II-III-IV yellow medially.
The habitat is wetlands, marshes. Adults are found in July
Northern Europe, Central Europe
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