Oxycera pygmaea (Fallén, 1817)
(Pygmy Soldier)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOxycera pygmaea (Pygmy Soldier)
GenusOxycera (a genus of solderflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Oxycera pygmaea (Pygmy Soldier) :
1: Oxycera pygmaea (Pygmy Soldier)
14 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Two females, calcareous spring, by sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white background

Oxycera pygmaea (Pygmy Soldier) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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