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:

ArthropeinaLindner, 1949^[3]
- A. fulva Lindner, 1949^[3]
Solva Walker, 1859^[4]
- S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993
- S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975^[5]
- S. inamoena Walker, 1859^[4]
- S. marginata (Meigen, 1820)^[6]
- S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921)
- S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839)^[6]
- S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972
- S. varia (Meigen, 1820)^[6]
- S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914
Xylomya Róndani, 1861
- X. fasciatus (Say, 1829)
- X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960)
- X. maculata (Meigen, 1804)^[7]
- X. simillima Steyskal, 1947
- X. trinotata (Bigot, 1880)^[7]

Species lists

Phylogeny

Stratiomyomorpha

	Xylomyidae subfamily Xylomyinae of Stratiomyidae in older works

	Stratiomyidae

Pantophthalmidae

References

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Lindner, E. (1949). "Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London". The Annals and magazine of natural history. 1 (12): 782-821.
^ ^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.
^ Nagatomi, A. (1975). "Family Solvidae". A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental region. 2: 10–13.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference faunaeur2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

Data related to Xylomyidae at Wikispecies

[Stubbs-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.

[fachin-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.

[Lindner1949-3] Lindner, E. (1949). "Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London". The Annals and magazine of natural history. 1 (12): 782-821.

[Walker1859-4] 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.

[Nagatomi1975-5] Nagatomi, A. (1975). "Family Solvidae". A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental region. 2: 10–13.

[faunaeur1-6] "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

[faunaeur2-7] Cite error: The named reference faunaeur2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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