Oxycera pardalina

Oxycera pardalina External image
	Oxycera pardalina in the 1790 edition of Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 13)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Stratiomyinae
Tribe:	Oxycerini
Genus:	Oxycera
Species:	O. pardalina
Binomial name
	Oxycera pardalina; Meigen, 1822

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 third segment is 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.

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.
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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] 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.

[2] Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.

[3] George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations

[4] 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.

[5] William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.