| Oxycera rara | |
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| specimen from North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Genus: | Oxycera |
| Species: | O. rara |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxycera rara (Scopoli, 1763) | |
| Synonyms | |
Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]
Adult body length 7 mm. Wing length 6 mm. In both male and female, the scutellum has two spines. The most diagnostic character for this species is that tergite 2 is entirely black with no markings. [1]
In the European continent: southern England, Wales, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. In the African continent: Tunisia and Algeria. [2] [3] [4]
The soldier flies are a family of flies. The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Adults are found near larval habitats, which are found in a wide array of locations, mostly in wetlands, damp places in soil, sod, under bark, in animal excrement, and in decaying organic matter. The Stratiomyinae are a different subgroup that tends to have an affinity to aquatic environments. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black and yellow or green and sometimes metallic. They are often rather inactive flies which typically rest with their wings placed one above the other over the abdomen.
Phaoniini is a tribe in the fly family Muscidae. It contains the largest Muscid genus Phaonia.
Stomoxyini is a tribe of flies from the family Muscidae.
Coenosiini is a tribe of flies from the family Muscidae.
Ornidia is a small genus of small (2.3–4.2 mm) metallic hoverflies.
Eristalini is a tribe of hoverflies. Several species are well-known honeybee mimics, such as the drone fly Eristalis tenax, while other genera such as Helophilus and Parhelophilus exhibit wasp-like patterns of yellow and black stripes, both strategies to avoid predation by visual predators such as birds.
Actina chalybea is a species of 'soldier flies' belonging to the family Stratiomyidae subfamily Beridinae.
Chloromyia formosa is a species of soldier flies belonging to the family Stratiomyidae. Another name for it is Broad centurion.
Stratiomys singularior, the flecked general, is a Palearcticspecies of soldier fly.
Sargus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 130 described species in Sargus.
Sargus flavipes, the yellow-legged centurion, is a European species of soldier fly.
Pachygaster atra, the dark-winged black, is a European species of soldier fly.
Oxycera dives, the round-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly.
Oxycera analis, the dark-winged soldier, is a species of soldier fly.
Oxycera pygmaea, the pygmy soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Oxycera morrisii, the white-barred soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Oxycera leonina, the twin-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly.
Nemotelus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 190 described species in Nemotelus. Nemotelus is known from the Nearctic, Afrotropical and the Palaearctic regions.
Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. They are small flies with reduced palpi. The scutellum has spines and the abdomen has seven visible segments. Their eyes are contiguous in the male.
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