Odontomyia argentata, also called the silver colonel, is a European species of soldier fly.The following characters are diagnostic.Discal cell not conspicuously small; vein R2+3 present;discal cell emits only 2 veins (M3 absent); R4+6 not forked. Abdomen dorsally with three pairs of small, but distinct, lateral yellow spots, hoary pile especially obvious in males; females with pile sparser and more bronze. Head in both sexes broader, more transverse; eyes of male only microscopically hairy Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.
Distrution Central and East Europe, Russia, China, Mongolia.
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