Oplodontha viridula ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Mason, Franco, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Hauser, Martin, 2009, A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 507-530 : 522

Oplodontha viridula ( Fabricius, 1775)

Published records. Sardinia (Bezzi 1892; Troiano & Toscano 1997). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, Foce [= mouth of] Riu Flumenede ( Mason 2005). Oristano prov: Oristano ( Costa 1884, as Odontomyia viridula ).

Remarks. Some specimens often differ in the extent of the black abdominal pattern. In extreme cases the dorsal longitudinal mid band may be remarkably expanded, leaving only the narrow lateral margins of the terga pale, or the black patches may be reduced and even separated in the middle. Rarely only the basal black abdominal spot is present (cf. Rozkošný 1982).

Distribution. A widely distributed Palaearctic species ( Rozkošný 1982).