Genus Hedriodiscus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks

Green soldier fly - Hedriodiscus trivittatus

Stratiomyid? - Hedriodiscus binotatus - female

Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus binotatus - male

Some kind of soldier fly? - Hedriodiscus binotatus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Genus Hedriodiscus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hedriodiscus Enderlein, 1914

Numbers

Nearctica lists 8 species.

Remarks

It is very difficult to ID them and not all the species are valid, but there is no recent or better work. H. trivitattus and vertebratus are smaller more brownish species. (Comment by Martin Hauser).

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 24 May, 2006 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 9:00am

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