Oxycera morrisii, the white-barred soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Description Body length L.4-4,5 mm. Cubital vein forked. Scutellum with only the tip yellow. Scutellum has two spines. Abdomen with five transverse whitish yellow isolated spots. A very distinct species. Female. Black. Frons shining, orbits white interrupted on the upper part. Antennae black. One line and a white spot at the wing base. Scutellum white-yellow at the tip. Tarsi yellow. Halteres yellow brown at the base. Abdomen shining black, with five isolated whitish yellow transverse spots, last tergite yellow; sternites brown. - Male. Eyes bare. Sternites II-III-IV yellow medially.
Seguy. E. Faune de France Faune n° 13 1926. Diptères Brachycères.308 p., 685 fig.George Henry Verrall Stratiomyidae 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 wetlands, marshes. Adults are found in July
Distribution Northern Europe, Central Europe
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