Odontomyia tigrina, also called the black 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+5 forked. Abdomen dorsally entirely dark, with no coloured spots. Head in both sexes narrow and conical when seen in dorsal view; eyes of male sparsely, but distinctly hairy Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.
Distribution Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland.
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