Xylomyidae

Xylomyidae
Solva marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Stratiomyomorpha
Superfamily: Stratiomyoidea
Family: Xylomyidae
Synonyms
  • Solvidae

Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.[1]

Description

Figure 82 Wing venation of Xylomyia maculata

For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

These flies are 4 to 14 millimeters long. Their coloration is variable. They have spurs on the mid and hind tibiae. The antennae are conical.[2]

Genera

As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera.[2] These include:

Species lists

Phylogeny

 Stratiomyomorpha  



 Xylomyidae subfamily Xylomyinae of Stratiomyidae in older works

 Stratiomyidae

 Pantophthalmidae



References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  2. 1 2 Fachin, D. A. and Amorim, D. D. S. (2014). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae). Zootaxa 3827(2) 231-57.
  3. 1 2 Lindner, E. (1949). "Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London". The Annals and magazine of natural history. 1 (12): 782–821.
  4. 1 2 Walker, Francis (1859). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology. 4: 90–96. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Nagatomi, A. (1975). "Family Solvidae.". A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental region. 2: 10–13.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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