Genus Myxosargus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Indiana Soldier - Myxosargus nigricormis - male

soldier fly - Myxosargus nigricormis - female

Myxosargus nigricormis? - Myxosargus nigricormis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Subfamily Stratiomyinae

Tribe Prosopochrysini

Genus Myxosargus

Explanation of Names

Myxosargus Brauer 1882

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1), 14 total(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 8 May, 2007 - 10:07pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2013 - 4:07pm

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