XYLOPHAGIDAE
(awl-flies)

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ID refs
Xylophagus
awl-flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyXYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies)
SuperfamilyXYLOPHAGOIDEA (awl-flies)
InfraorderXylophagomorpha (awl-flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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Oldroyd, H. 1969 *** Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX.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
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Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2014 British Soldierflies and their Allies (2nd ed) 2nd (mostly minor updates) edition, 528pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2001 British Soldierflies and their Allies 511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
van Veen, M. Xylophagidae home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/kleinefamilies/XYLOPHAG_e.HTM

XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies)
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