Oxycera leonina, the twin-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly.[3][4][5]
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| Oxycera leonina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
| Tribe: | Oxycerini |
| Genus: | Oxycera |
| Species: | O. leonina
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| Oxycera leonina | |
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Description
editAdult body length 5.5 to 8 mm. Wing length 5.5 to 6 mm. In both male and female, the scutellum has two spines. The abdomen is nearly all black except for small bits of yellow at the tip and the base.[4]
Distribution
editAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.[3]
More recently it has also been found in Turkey.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Panzer, G.W.F. (1800). Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 73. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.
- ^ Lindner, E. (1943). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. Ergebnisse einer Sammelreise H. Zerny's 1935/36. VI. Diptera: 2. Stratiomyiidae". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 53 (2): 101–106.
- ^ a b Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256 pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
- ^ ÜSTÜNER, Turgay; HASBENLİ, Abdullah; ÇAĞLAR, Üzeyir (26 November 2015). "Türkiye'den Oxycera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) cinsine ait üç yeni kayıt". Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni. 5 (4): 179. doi:10.16969/teb.79961. ISSN 2146-975X.
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