Oxycera analis

Oxycera analis, the dark-winged soldier, is a species of soldier fly.[1][2][3]

Oxycera analis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:
Stratiomyinae
Tribe:
Oxycerini
Genus:
Oxycera
Species:
O. analis
Binomial name
Oxycera analis
Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822

Distribution

This rather rare species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.[4]

Habitat

These soldier flies usually inhabit woodland springs, calcareous seepages, small streams and sometimes fens and marshes.[5][6]

Description

Oxycera analis can reach a length of 5.5–7 millimetres (0.22–0.28 in) and a wingspan of 5.9–6.6 millimetres (0.23–0.26 in).[7] In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish. In any case in the females the apex of tergite 5 of the scutellum is yellowish. Moreover the scutellum has two spines. Also the abdomen is black with a single apical spot, rarely with yellow side-markings. Antennal apical consists of the two last flagellomeres. Wings show a distinct dark cloud in the [7][8]

Biology

Adults of Oxycera analis can be found in Summer, with a peak in June and July. Larvae live in the sediments and mosses associated with wetlands.[5][9]

See also

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. 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.
  4. Fauna europaea
  5. Oxycera analis (Dark-winged Soldier) in Flickr
  6. Managing springs and seepages in woodlands
  7. Menno Reemer English text for Reemer’s field key to soldierflies of the Netherlands
  8. Menno Reemer Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae)
  9. R. Rozkosný A Biosystematic Study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera): Volume 2


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