Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Oxycera rara (Scopoli, 1763)

Four-barred Major

Synonyms and other combinations:

Hermione similis Vaillant, 1950 | Musca tardigradus Harris, 1778 | Oxycera pulchella Meigen, 1822 | Stratiomys maculata Geoffroy, 1785 |

  • Oxycera rara, female 688
    Oxycera rara (Scopoli, 1763)    Four-barred Major 
    Oxycera rara, female, det. Jürgen Peters
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2004-07-11 11:53:55
    Image number: 688
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2004-07-11 11:53:55
    det. Jürgen Peters

Classification:
Oxycera rara belongs to the subfamily Stratiomyinae.
Body length:
6 - 8 mm

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Menno Reemer: Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae), EIS Kenniscentrum Insecten, 2014
    Englische Textversion:
    Field Key to the Soldierflies of the Netherlands (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae) by Menno Reemer, 2014 (Text translated and edited for UK use by Jim Middleton and Martin C. Harvey, 2014)