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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Hermetiinae » Hermetia

Genus Hermetia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Soldier fly - Hermetia comstocki Soldier Fly - Hermetia sexmaculata Another Hermetia from the gathering - Hermetia concinna Fly - Hermetia illucens Black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens? - Hermetia illucens Hermetia? - Hermetia hunteri Hermetia illucens? - Hermetia illucens H. illucens? - Hermetia illucens
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 Hermetiinae
Genus Hermetia
Explanation of Names
Hermetia Latreille 1804
Numbers
12 spp. in our area(1), ~80 total(2)
Range
worldwide, ⅔ of the spp. neotropical(2)
Print References
James M.T. (1935) The genus Hermetia in the United States (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 30:165-170. (Full text)
James M.T. (1967) The Hermetia comstocki group (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 43: 61-64. (Full text)
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 Richard Leung on 4 October, 2004 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 10:39pm

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