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

Subfamily Stratiomyinae

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited
soldier fly - Odontomyia cincta - male Small Bright Green Insect - Odontomyia cincta - female Indiana Soldier - Myxosargus nigricormis - male Stratiomyid - Stratiomys Spilomyia fusca ? - Stratiomys badia Texas Green Fly - Hedriodiscus trivittatus - female Stratiomyidae Hoplitimyia mutabilis? In Florida? - male
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
Numbers
the most species-rich subfamily of soldier flies, with ca. 120 spp. in 10 genera in our area(1) and 47 genera worldwide arranged in 3 tribes (all represented in our area)(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Bayless K. Stratiomyidae (in The Tree of Life Web Project)
Contributed by v belov on 30 July, 2010 - 11:01am
Last updated 18 October, 2011 - 8:39am

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