Oplodontha viridula

Oplodontha viridula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
Tribe: Stratiomyini
Genus: Oplodontha
Species: O. viridula
Binomial name
Oplodontha viridula
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Musca microleon Harris, 1776
  • Oplodontha hydrodromia (Walker, 1851)
  • Oplodontha microleon (Harris, 1776)
  • Oplodontha subvittata (Meigen, 1822)
  • Stratiomys hydrodromia Walker, 1851
  • Stratiomys subvittata Meigen, 1822
  • Stratiomys viridula Fabricius, 1775

Oplodontha viridula, the common green colonel, is a European species of soldier fly. [1]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Stubbs, A. and Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.


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