Oxycera trilineata, the three-lined soldier, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly. Boldly marked in yellowish-green and black. The notopleural spot is linked with postalar spot, to form a broad, continuous lateral margin. The mesonotum in both sexes with two broad stripes.Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London. It is found in a variety of wetlands, including pools, ditches, fens and swampy river margins.Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.E. P. Narchuk in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.William Lundbeck Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols It is found in North European Russia up to Leningrad; Central Asia, Siberia. Western Europe, north up to southern Sweden.
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