Oxycera trilineata

Oxycera trilineata, the three-lined soldier, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. [1] Boldly marked in yellowish-green and black, it is found in a variety of wetlands, including pools, ditches, fens and swampy river margins.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is found in North European Russia up to Leningrad; Central Asia, Siberia. Western Europe, north up to southern Sweden.

Oxycera trilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Stratiomyinae
Tribe:
Oxycerini
Genus:
Oxycera
Species:
O. trilineata
Binomial name
Oxycera trilineata
Synonyms
  • Musca hydroleon Harris, 1776
  • Musca trilineata Linnaeus, 1767
  • Oxycera collaris Brunetti, 1889
  • Oxycera hydroleon (Harris, 1776)

See also
  • List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References
  1. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  2. Steven Falk. "Oxycera trilineata (Three-lined soldier)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.
  4. George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrations
  5. 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.
  6. 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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