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Species of fly

Oxycera analis
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. analis
Binomial name
Oxycera analis
Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822

Oxycera analis, the dark-winged soldier, is a species of soldier fly.

Distribution

This rather rare species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.

Habitat

These soldier flies usually inhabit woodland springs, calcareous seepages, small streams and sometimes fens and marshes.

Description

Oxycera analis can reach a length of 5.5–7 millimetres (0.22–0.28 in) and a wingspan of 5.9–6.6 millimetres (0.23–0.26 in). In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish. In any case in the females the apex of tergite 5 of the scutellum is yellowish. Moreover the scutellum has two spines. Also the abdomen is black with a single apical spot, rarely with yellow side-markings. Antennal apical consists of the two last flagellomeres. Wings show a distinct dark cloud in the otherwise clear wings.

Biology

Adults of Oxycera analis can be found in Summer, with a peak in June and July. Larvae live in the sediments and mosses associated with wetlands.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
  4. Fauna europaea
  5. ^ Oxycera analis (Dark-winged Soldier) in Flickr
  6. Managing springs and seepages in woodlands
  7. ^ Menno Reemer English text for Reemer’s field key to soldierflies of the Netherlands
  8. Menno Reemer Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae)
  9. R. Rozkosný A Biosystematic Study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera): Volume 2
Taxon identifiers
Oxycera analis


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