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**''[[Xylomya fasciatus|X. fasciatus]]'' <small>([[Thomas Say|Say]], 1829)</small>
**''[[Xylomya fasciatus|X. fasciatus]]'' <small>([[Thomas Say|Say]], 1829)</small>
**''[[Xylomya luteicornis|X. luteicornis]]'' <small>([[Heinrich Frey|Frey]], 1960)</small>
**''[[Xylomya luteicornis|X. luteicornis]]'' <small>([[Heinrich Frey|Frey]], 1960)</small>
**''[[Xylomya maculata|X. maculata]]'' <small>([[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1804)</small><ref name="faunaeur2"/>
**''[[Xylomya maculata|X. maculata]]'' <small>([[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1804)</small><ref name="faunaeur1"/>
**''[[Xylomya simillima|X. simillima]]'' <small>Steyskal, 1947</small>
**''[[Xylomya simillima|X. simillima]]'' <small>Steyskal, 1947</small>
**''[[Xylomya trinotata|X. trinotata]]'' <small>([[Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot|Bigot]], 1880)</small><ref name="faunaeur2"/>
**''[[Xylomya trinotata|X. trinotata]]'' <small>([[Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot|Bigot]], 1880)</small><ref name="faunaeur1"/>


==Species lists==
==Species lists==

Revision as of 20:07, 8 June 2017

Xylomyidae
Solva marginata
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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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Lindner, E. (1949). "Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London". The Annals and magazine of natural history. 1 (12): 782-821.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

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