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

Genus Hedriodiscus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hedriodiscus truquii - male Soldier Fly on Black-Eyed Susan - Hedriodiscus binotatus - female soldier fly - Hedriodiscus binotatus - female Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - male green and black fly - Hedriodiscus truquii - female Fly species - Hedriodiscus binotatus - female Green Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus truquii - female Hedriodiscus - Hedriodiscus vertebratus
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 Hedriodiscus
Explanation of Names
Hedriodiscus Enderlein 1914
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1), 26 total(2)
Identification
spp. are very difficult to ID and not all are valid; there is no recent work. H. trivitattus and H. vertebratus are smaller, more brownish spp. --Martin Hauser
Range
New World, mainly neotropical(3)
Life Cycle
Larvae are aquatic
Print References
(4)
Internet References
Genus page(3)
Encyclopedia of Life
Tree of Life
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
3.Bayless K. Stratiomyidae (in The Tree of Life Web Project)
4.The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California
James, M. T. 1960. University of California Press.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 24 May, 2006 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Graham M, v belov
Last updated 31 October, 2014 - 4:48am

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