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Subfamily Stratiomyinae

Soldier Fly - Stratiomys badia - male 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 Soldier - Odontomyia
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.