Oxycera nigricornis

Oxycera nigricornis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Stratiomyinae
Tribe:	Oxycerini
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.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]^[8] ^[9]

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

^ Olivier, G.A. (1811). Insectes [(i.e., Arthropoda) Pt. 5]. Vol. 8, (=livr. 75) [1811.04.30]; pp. 361-722 (=livr. 77), [1811.10.23]. In Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. . Paris. pp. 1–360.
^ 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.
^ 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 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.

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[Olivier1811-1] Olivier, G.A. (1811). Insectes [(i.e., Arthropoda) Pt. 5]. Vol. 8, (=livr. 75) [1811.04.30]; pp. 361-722 (=livr. 77), [1811.10.23]. In Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. . Paris. pp. 1–360.

[Meigen1822-2] 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.

[StubbsDrake2014-3] 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.

[Woodley2001-4] Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[ZeegersSchulten2022-5] Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.

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

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

[8] 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.

[9] 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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