Xylomyidae
Family of flies
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Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.[4]
| Xylomyidae Temporal range: | |
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| Solva marginata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Stratiomyomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stratiomyoidea |
| Family: | Xylomyidae de Meijere, 1913[1] |
| Synonyms | |
Description
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.[5][6]
Genera
As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera.[7][5] These include:
- Arthropeina Lindner, 1949[8]
- Coenomyiodes Brunetti, 1920[9][7]
- C. edwardsi Brunetti, 1920[7]
- Solva Walker, 1859[10]
- S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993
- S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975[11]
- S. inamoena Walker, 1859[10]
- S. marginata (Meigen, 1820)[12]
- S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921)
- S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839)[12]
- S. pallipes (Loew, 1863)
- S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972
- S. varia (Meigen, 1820)[12]
- S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914
- Xylomya Rondani, 1861[13]
Extinct genera
- †Archosolva Grimaldi 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Cretarthropeina Solórzano Kraemer and Cumming 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Cretasolva Grimaldi 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Cretoxyla Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 Lebanese amber, Barremian
- †Pankowskia Solórzano Kraemer and Cumming 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Species lists
- Palaearctic
- Nearctic
- Australasian/Oceanian
- Japan Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Great Britain
Phylogeny
| Stratiomyomorpha |
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