Biology:Xylomyidae
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Short description: Family of flies
| Xylomyidae | |
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| Solva marginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Stratiomyomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stratiomyoidea |
| Family: | Xylomyidae de Meijere, 1913[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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]
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]
- X. fasciatus (Say, 1829)
- X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960)
- X. maculata (Meigen, 1804)[12]
- X. simillima Steyskal, 1947
- X. trinotata (Bigot, 1880)[12]
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
- Great Britain
Phylogeny
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References
- ↑ Meijere, J. C. H. de (1913). "Praeda itineris a L. F. de Beaufort in Archipelago indico facti annis 1909-1910. Dipteren I". Bijdr. Dierkd. 19: 45–69.
- ↑ Hendel, F. (1936). 26. Ordnung der Pterygogenea: Diptera = Fliegen. 1757-1884 [1936.10.22], In Kukenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie. (2). vol. 4. Berlin & Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter.
- ↑ Comstock, J. H. (1924). An introduction to entomology. 1st complete ed. Ithaca: The Comstock Publ.. pp. xix + 1044 pp.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fachin, D. A.; Amorim, D. D. S. (2014). "Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae)". Zootaxa (Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 3827 (2): 231–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25081156. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03827p257f.pdf. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ Krivosheina, N.P. (1988). "Family Xylomyidae. In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (Eds)". Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 5: 38–42.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Woodley, Norman E. (2011). "A world catalog of the Xylomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) In :Thompson, F.C., Brake, I. & Lonsdale, O. (Eds.), Contributions to the Biosystematic Database of World Diptera". Myia 12: 417–453.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lindner, E. (1949). "Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 (12): 782–821. doi:10.1080/00222934808653947.
- ↑ Brunetti, E. (1920). Diptera. Brachycera. In: [Shipley, A.E., ed.], Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. 1. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. ix + 401 pp., 4 pls.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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 (14): 90–96. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1859.tb00089.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35034#page/98/mode/1up. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ↑ Nagatomi, A. (1975). "Family Solvidae". A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region 2: 10–13.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=405335.
- ↑ Rondani, C. (1861). Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum.. IV. A. Stocche, Parmae. pp. 174 pp.
External links
- Xylomyidae in Italian
- Image Gallery from Diptera.info
- Family description
- Xylomyia maculata Species page from Polish Red Data Book
Wikidata ☰ Q1635727 entry
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