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arcuata-group

Soldier Fly - Odontomyia cincta - male Soldierfly ? - Odontomyia Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus - Odontomyia cincta Stratiomyidae sp. - Odontomyia cincta Fly - Odontomyia cincta - female Green Soldierfly - Odontomyia cincta Hedriodiscus sp. - Odontomyia cincta Odontomyia cincta? - Odontomyia cincta - 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 Odontomyia
No Taxon arcuata-group
Numbers
the group includes 8 spp.: arcuata Loew 1872 ꞏ cincta Olivier 1811 ꞏ flava Day 1882 ꞏ hirtocculata James 1936 ꞏ idahoensis James 1932 ꞏ inaequalis Loew 1866 ꞏ microstoma Loew 1866 ꞏ tumida Banks 1926(1)(2)(3)
Print References
(4)(5)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The genus Odontomyia in America north of Mexico (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)
M.T. James. 1936. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 29:, 517-550.
2.The status of Odontomyia arcuata Loew, O. inaequalis Loew, and their close relatives in western North America (D: Stratiomyidae)
James M.T. 1974. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 47: 222‒226.
3.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
4.The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California
James, M. T. 1960. University of California Press.
5.Notes on my monograph of Odontomyia (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)
James M.T. 1939. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 34: 220.