Oxycera leonina
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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, the twin-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly.[3][4][5]
Description
Adult 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
Austria, 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ ISBN 9781899935079.
- ISBN 9789051070682.
- ISSN 2146-975X.
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