SCIOMYZIDAE
(snail-killing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Coremacera marginata
a snail-killing fly
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images
Dictya umbrarum
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Euthycera fumigata
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Hydromya dorsalis
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 29 images
Ilione
a genus of flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 48 images
Limnia
a genus of snail-killing flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 24 images
Pelidnoptera fuscipennis
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Pherbellia
a genus of snail-killing flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 82 images 1 ident. refs
Pherbina coryleti
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Psacadina
a genus of snail-killing flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
Sepedon sphegea
a snail-killing fly
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Sepedon spinipes
a snail-killing fly
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 28 images
Tetanocera
a genus of snail-killing flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 6 subtaxa 81 images
Tetanura pallidiventris
a snail-killing fly
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 		Species 1 images
Trypetoptera punctulata
a snail-killing fly
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Sciomyzidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Snail-killing Flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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
Ball, S. 2017 Family Sciomyzidae V2 edition, 150pp, Dipterists Forum
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Rozkosny, R. 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14, 224pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
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