Subfamily Stratiomyinae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

ID help please - Stratiomys badia - female

Soldier Flies Stratiomys badia - Stratiomys badia - female

Unknown Stratiomyid - Hedriodiscus truquii - female

Hedriodiscus? - Odontomyia pilosa - female

Stratiomyidae, egg laying behavior - Hedriodiscus vertebratus

Hedriodiscus binotatus? - Hedriodiscus binotatus

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 3 tribes, ~120 spp. in 10 genera in our area(1) and ~650 spp. in 47 genera worldwide(2)(3)

Range

worldwide

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)

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

Contributed by v belov on 30 July, 2010 - 11:01am
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 10:10pm

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