Oxycera pardalina, the hill soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Description Body length 4.0 to 5.0 mm. Black. Mesonotum only slightly glossy. Basal segments of antennae yellow, the third segment is dark brown. Scutellum with two black spots near base. Abdomen: second, third and fourth tergites with rounded side spots; Fourth tergite band complete or closely separated in the middle, fifth with a large rounded median spot. Female: yellow stripe on face along anterior margin of eyes continued onto frons.Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.George Henry VerrallStratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain- British flies (1909) BHL Full text with illustrationsE. 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
Biology The habitat is hilly country, small calcareous streams in scrub or at a woodland edge. The flight period is from early June to early August,
Distribution Northern Central and Southern Europe.
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External links Images representing Oxycera pardalina at Bold