Oxycera
Keith Bayless
- Oxycera abyssinica
- Oxycera adusta
- Oxycera albomicans
- Oxycera albovittata
- Oxycera aldrichi
- Oxycera analis
- Oxycera apicalis
- Oxycera approximata
- Oxycera atra
- Oxycera binotata
- Oxycera centralis
- Oxycera chikuni
- Oxycera confinus
- Oxycera dispar
- Oxycera dives
- Oxycera excellens
- Oxycera fallenii
- Oxycera fasciventris
- Oxycera fenestrata
- Oxycera flava
- Oxycera flavopilosa
- Oxycera fumipennis
- Oxycera galeata
- Oxycera germanica
- Oxycera grancanariensis
- Oxycera grata
- Oxycera guangxiensis
- Oxycera hirticeps
- Oxycera hybrida
- Oxycera insolata
- Oxycera japonica
- Oxycera kusigematii
- Oxycera laniger
- Oxycera latifrons
- Oxycera leonina
- Oxycera lii
- Oxycera limbata
- Oxycera locuples
- Oxycera lyrifera
- Oxycera madagassica
- Oxycera manens
- Oxycera marginata
- Oxycera meigenii
- Oxycera morrisii
- Oxycera muscaria
- Oxycera nana
- Oxycera migricornis
- Oxycera nigrisincipitalis
- Oxycera nigriventris
- Oxycera notata
- Oxycera nubifera
- Oxycera ochracea
- Oxycera orientalis
- Oxycera pardalina
- Oxycera picta
- Oxycera pseudoamoena
- Oxycera pygmaea
- Oxycera qinghensis
- Oxycera quadripartita
- Oxycera rara
- Oxycera rufifrons
- Oxycera semilimbata
- Oxycera sibirica
- Oxycera signata
- Oxycera sinica
- Oxycera stigmosa
- Oxycera stuckenbergi
- Oxycera submaculata
- Oxycera sumbana
- Oxycera tangi
- Oxycera tenebricosa
- Oxycera tenuis
- Oxycera terminata
- Oxycera tibialis
- Oxycera torrentium
- Oxycera turcica
- Oxycera tricolor
- Oxycera trilineata
- Oxycera trispila
- Oxycera variegata
- Oxycera varipes
- Oxycera vertipila
- Oxycera whitei
- Oxycera zambesina
Introduction
Larvae of Oxycera tend to be rheophilous; they live in moss in fast flowing water or hygropetric habitats (Rozkošný 1998). Oxycera leonina is terrestrial (Woodley 2001). Oxycera is present worldwide except for Australia and Central and South America. The genus is most diverse in Asia, with more than 15 species found in both Africa and Europe. Only 7 species are found in North America. 8 species are shared between Europe, N. Africa, Middle east and the Caucasus. Oxycera turcica is native to Turkey (Woodley 2001).
Characteristics
Oxycera is distinguished from other Nearctic Oxycerini by the short antenna with a preapical arista (James 1981).
References
James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.
Rozkošný, R. 1998. Chapter 24. Family Stratiomyidae. Manual Palaearct. Dipt. 2: 387-411.
Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Information on the Internet
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Oxycera centralis.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Oxycera variegata.
- Diptera.info. Image of Oxycera trilineata.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Oxycera adusta |
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| Location | Madagascar: Bekily Reg. sud de d'ile |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Identified By | Lindner |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Lateral |
| Collection | Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
| Type | Holotype |
| Collector | A. Seyrig |
| Source | Oxycera adusta |
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Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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