Oxycera trilineata

Oxycera trilineata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Oxycerini
Genus: Oxycera
Species:
O. trilineata
Binomial name
Oxycera trilineata
Synonyms
  • Musca graeca Pontoppidan, 1763
  • Musca trilineata Linnaeus, 1767
  • Musca hypoleon Linnaeus, 1767
  • Stratiomys fasciata Geoffroy, 1785
  • Oxycera proxima Loew, 1873
  • Oxycera trilineata var. collaris Brunetti, 1889
  • Hermione trilineata ssp. transfasciata Pleske, 1925
  • Hermione trilineata ssp. ferghanensis Pleske, 1925
  • Hermione ucrainica Paramonov, 1926
  • Hermione bucheti Séguy, 1930
  • Hermione trilineata ssp. angustistomata Lindner, 1938
  • Odontomyia atrata Verrall, 1909

Oxycera trilineata, the three-lined soldier, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. Boldly marked in yellowish-green and black, it is found in a variety of wetlands, including pools, ditches, fens and swampy river margins. It is found in North European Russia up to Leningrad; Central Asia, Siberia. Western Europe, north up to southern Sweden.