Oxycera pygmaea, the pygmy soldier, is a European species of soldier fly.
Description The body length is . Mesonotum punctate, with decumbent grey hairs. Both male and female black with yellow humeri, yellow notopleural margin, and small yellow spots on postalar calli.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
Biology The habitat is wetland, calcareous seepages. The flight period is from June to July.
Distribution Northern Europe Central Europe up to southern Sweden Central
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External links Images representing Oxycera pygmaea at Bold