Oxycera fallenii explained

Oxycera fallenii, the Irish major, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly.^{[1] [2] [3]} The body length is 7.0 to 9.0.mm. The abdomen has three pairs of yellow spots, in addition to a yellow base and tip. Longitudinal stripes on the mesonotum are not connected with the yellowhumeral spot. The legs are entirely yellow. This species is found in South European USSR East to Siberia and Western Europe to Ireland, Central Europe, South Europe and Turkey.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E . Drake . Martin . British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) . 2014 . . Reading . 9781899935079 . 528 pp, 20 plates . 2.
2. Woodley . N.E. . A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) . Myia . 2001 . 11 . 1–462. 7 December 2022.
3. Book: Zeegers . T. . Schulten . A. . Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe . 2022 . Jeugdbondsuitgeverij . Graveland . 9789051070682 . 256pp.
4. 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.
5. Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères. 308 p., 685 fig.
6. ÜSTÜNER . Turgay . HASBENLİ . Abdullah . ÇAĞLAR . Üzeyir . Türkiye'den Oxycera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) cinsine ait üç yeni kayıt . Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni . 26 November 2015 . 5 . 4 . 179 . 2146-975X . 10.16969/teb.79961 . free .