Genus Sargus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Stratiomyidae, I presume - Sargus decorus

Brown-spotted Stratiomyid - Sargus elegans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Subfamily Sarginae

Genus Sargus

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1) (of which one adventive), >100 spp. worldwide(2)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA; about a half of the world's spp. are neotropical, >20 are European(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Stratiomyidae, by K. Bayless (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

Contributed by Richard Leung on 7 October, 2004 - 7:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2011 - 10:29am

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