Oxycera leonina

Oxycera leonina, the twin-spotted major, is a European species of soldier fly.[1] To date, all accepted observations of Oxycera leonina have been in Southeastern England.[2]

Oxycera leonina
Oxycera leonina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Genus: Oxycera
Species:
O. leonina
Binomial name
Oxycera leonina
(Panzer, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Stratiomys leonina Panzer, 1798

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Oxycera leonina : Twin-spotted Major | NBN Atlas".


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