Oxycera pardalina

Oxycera pardalina
	Oxycera pardalina in the 1790 edition of Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 13)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Synonyms
	Oxycera amoena Loew, 1857; Oxycera engadinica Jaennicke, 1866; Oxycera calceata Loew, 1871; Hermione sahunica Séguy, 1934; Hermione pardalina var. oldenbergi Lindner, 1938; Hermione pardalina var. nigrifrons Szilády, 1941; Hermione morrisi var. bohemica Hrbácek, 1945; Hermione armata Vaillant, 1950;

Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly. ^[10]^[11]^[12]

Description[edit]

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.^[13]^[14]^[15] ^[16]

Biology[edit]

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[edit]

Northern Central and Southern Europe.

References[edit]

^ Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ Loew, H. (1857). "Ueber die europäischen Arten der Gattung Oxycera" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1: 21–34. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18570010107. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der europäische n Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 10 (1–3): 217–237. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18660100114. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ Loew, H. (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europäische r Dipteren. Zweiter Band. Halle: H.W. Schmidt. pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.
^ Séguy, E. (1934). "Diptères d'Espagne étude systématique basée principalement sur les collec- tions formées par le R. P. Longin Navas, S.J.Zaragoza". Memorias de la Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales de. 3: 1–54.
^ Lindner, E. (1938). "18. Stratiomyidae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.)". Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 4 (Lfg.116) (1): 177–218.
^ Szilády, Z. (1941). "Palarktische Stratiomyiden" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoology). 34: 88–101. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Hrbácek, J. (1945). "Notes on the Stratiomyiidae of Central Europe". Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické. 42: 95–100.
^ Vaillant, F. (1950). "Contribution a l'etudes des Stratiomyidae du genre Hermione". Revue fr. Ent. 17: 245–256.
^ 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.
^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
^ 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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[Meigen1822-1] Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[Loew1857-2] Loew, H. (1857). "Ueber die europäischen Arten der Gattung Oxycera" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1: 21–34. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18570010107. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[Jaennicke1866b-3] Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der europäische n Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 10 (1–3): 217–237. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18660100114. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[Loew1871-4] Loew, H. (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europäische r Dipteren. Zweiter Band. Halle: H.W. Schmidt. pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.

[Séguy1934a-5] Séguy, E. (1934). "Diptères d'Espagne étude systématique basée principalement sur les collec- tions formées par le R. P. Longin Navas, S.J.Zaragoza". Memorias de la Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales de. 3: 1–54.

[Lindner1938-6] Lindner, E. (1938). "18. Stratiomyidae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.)". Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 4 (Lfg.116) (1): 177–218.

[Szilády1941-7] Szilády, Z. (1941). "Palarktische Stratiomyiden" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoology). 34: 88–101. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[Hrbácek1945-8] Hrbácek, J. (1945). "Notes on the Stratiomyiidae of Central Europe". Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické. 42: 95–100.

[Vaillant1950-9] Vaillant, F. (1950). "Contribution a l'etudes des Stratiomyidae du genre Hermione". Revue fr. Ent. 17: 245–256.

[StubbsDrake2014-10] 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.

[Woodley2001-11] Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[ZeegersSchulten2022-12] Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.

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

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

[15] 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.

[16] 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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