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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Oxycerini » Oxycera » Oxycera variegata

Species Oxycera variegata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Print References
Soldier Fly - Oxycera variegata Soldier Flies Oxycera variegata - Oxycera variegata - female Yellow-striped soldier fly - Oxycera variegata Another Oxycera - Oxycera variegata - male Another Oxycera - Oxycera variegata - male Fly, wasp mimic? - Oxycera variegata - male Fly, wasp mimic? - Oxycera variegata - male Very cool fly - Oxycera variegata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Stratiomyinae
Tribe Oxycerini
Genus Oxycera
Species variegata (Oxycera variegata)
Explanation of Names
Oxycera variegata Olivier 1811
Size
3.5-4 mm (Malloch, 1917)
Print References
Malloch, John Russell (1917). A preliminary classification of Diptera, exclusive of Pupipara, based upon larval and pupal characters, with keys to imagines in certain families. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, v. 12, article 3. (BHL links--article, species account)
Contributed by Joel Kits on 7 November, 2008 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2022 - 5:11pm

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