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Genus Stratiomys

Bee on yarrow - Stratiomys badia - female

soldier fly female with furry thorax - Stratiomys - female

Unknown dipteran bee/wasp mimic - Stratiomys maculosa - male - 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 Stratiomyinae

Tribe Stratiomyini

Genus Stratiomys

Explanation of Names

Stratiomys Geoffroy 1762

Greek 'soldier fly'(1)--may refer to colors reminiscent of a military uniform (2)

Numbers

31 spp. in our area(3), ~90 spp. total(4)

Identification

shape of antenna + two spines on scutellum distinguish this genus

Key to nearctic species in (5); key to California species in (6)

Internet References

Genus page(7)

Works Cited

1.	Composition of scientific words Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.

2.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

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

5.	A review of the Nearctic Stratiomyini (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) M.T. James and G.C. Steyskal. 1952. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 45: 385-412.

6.	The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California James, M. T. 1960. University of California Press.

7.	Bayless K. Stratiomyidae (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 15 June, 2005 - 8:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2021 - 8:15am

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