Oxycera rara, the four-barred major, is a European species of soldier fly.

[3][4][5] Adult body length 7 mm.

The most diagnostic character for this species is that tergite 2 is entirely black with no markings.

[3] In the European continent: southern England, Wales, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia.

This article related to members of the insect family Stratiomyidae, the soldier flies, is a stub.