Subfamily Chiromyzinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Black bug, orange head - Inopus rubriceps - female

Sugarcane Soldier Fly - Inopus rubriceps - male

Stratiomyid? Male Inopus maybe? - Inopus rubriceps - male

Female sugarcane soldier fly - Inopus rubriceps - female

I. rubriceps - Inopus rubriceps - female

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 Chiromyzinae

Explanation of Names

Chiromyzinae Brauer 1880

Numbers

a single species in our area, ~60 spp. in 14 genera total(1)

Range

~60% of the spp. Neotropical, the rest, Australasian(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 January, 2011 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 6:37pm

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