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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Stratiomys » Stratiomys maculosa
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Soldierfly ? - Stratiomys maculosa - male
Copyright © 2011 Beth Sands

Soldierfly ? - Stratiomys maculosa - Male
Livermore, Alameda County, California, USA
June 7, 2011
Size: 1/2"
On this image , you can see the pointy projections which are pretty cool . Thanks for any comments , sincerely Beth

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Soldierfly ? - Stratiomys maculosa - male Soldierfly ? - Stratiomys maculosa - male Soldierfly ? - Stratiomys maculosa - male
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 7 June, 2011 - 8:01pm
Last updated 8 April, 2019 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… v belov, 8 June, 2011 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Those spines are cool. If you look closely, you can see hints of them in at least a couple of species of Stratiomys:



I'll be interested in seeing what the experts have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 June, 2011 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Scutellar spines in Stratiomys
Martin gave some interesting ideas on possible utility of the spines in a comment here.

By the way, this is a male (in this group, like most flies, males are holoptic(1), and females dichoptic(2)).
… Aaron Schusteff, 11 November, 2015 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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