Oxycera nigricornis

Oxycera nigricornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Genus:	Oxycera
Species:	O. nigricornis
Binomial name
	Oxycera nigricornis; Olivier, 1811
Synonyms
	Oxycera formosa Meigen, 1822;

Oxycera nigricornis, the delicate soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.^[1]

Description[]

Vein RH5 is simple. The thorax is very bare and shining in both sexes; in the females, longitudinal stripes are joined anteriorly to large patches on the nototpleuron.^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]

Biology[]

The habitat is wetlands, marshes. Adults are found June to August.

Distribution[]

Taiga and forest zones of the European part of the USSR and Siberia, northern Kazakhstan, Primor'e Territory. North and Central belts of Western Europe, northern Mongolia.

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 n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
^ George Henry Verrall Stratiomyidae 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.

External links[]

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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 n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.

[3] George Henry Verrall Stratiomyidae 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.

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