STRATIOMYIDAE
(soldierflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 4 subtaxa 54 images 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Species 23 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Species 22 images 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Species 16 images 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 46 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 59 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 26 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 12 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 28 images
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 18 images
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 6 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 26 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Oldroyd, H. 1969 *** Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Reemer, M. 2014 Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae) 56pp
Séguy, E. 1926 *** Diptères (Brachyhcéres) (Stratiomyiidae, Erinnidae, Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
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