Oxycera dives

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Oxycera dives
Oxycera dives female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Oxycerini
Genus: Oxycera
Species:
O. dives
Binomial name
Oxycera dives
Loew, 1845[1]

Oxycera dives, the round-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly. [2][3][4]

Description[edit]

Adult body length 5.5 to 6.5 mm. Wing length 6 mm. Adults have almost completely black legs and a scutellum with two spines.[2]

Distribution[edit]

Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Loew, H. (1845). "Dipterologische Beiträge". [ErsterTheil.] [Zu der] offentlichen Prufung der Schuler der KoniglichenFriedrich-Wilhelms- Gymnasium, Posen: 50 + [2] pp., 1 pl.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.