Oxycera rara explained

Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Adult body length 7 mm. Wing length 6 mm. In both male and female, the scutellum has two spines. The most diagnostic character for this species is that tergite 2 is entirely black with no markings.^[1]

Distribution

In the European continent: southern England, Wales, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia.In the African continent: Tunisia and Algeria.^{[4] [5] [2]}

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. MASON . FRANCO . ROZKOŠNÝ . RUDOLF . HAUSER . MARTIN . A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia . Zootaxa . 22 December 2009 . 2318 . 1 . 507–530 . 1175-5326 . 1175-5334 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2318.1.20 . 87528594 . free .
5. Book: ROZKOŠNÝ, RUDOLF . 1983 . A Biosystematic study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera). Vol. 2. . Springer Dordrecht . 9789061931355.