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Stratiomyidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as Stratiomyiidae, soldier flies, soldier fly
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Larvae are found in a wide array of locations, mostly in wetlands, damp places in soil, sod, under bark, in animal excrement, and in decaying organic matter. Adults are found near larval habitats. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black
Species
soldier-flies
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyStratiomyidae
ミズアブ科（Stratiomyidae）は、ハエ目（双翅目）ハエ亜目（短角亜目）の分類群の一つ。世界で約400属2000種が記録されている。 なお単にミズアブというと、本科の種の総称、あるいは本科に属するミズアブ Stratiomys japonica のいずれかを指す。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7,550
- With media
- 2,894
- Family
- Stratiomyidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, YPM, NHMUK, UAM, GMNH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Larvae and pupae
- Biology
- Systematics
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- Species lists
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Larvae are found in a wide array of locations, mostly in wetlands, damp places in soil, sod, under bark, in animal excrement, and in decaying organic matter. Adults are found near larval habitats. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black and yellow or green and sometimes metallic. They are often rather inactive flies which typically rest with their wings placed one above the other over the abdomen.
The Stratiomyinae are a subfamily that tend to have an affinity to aquatic environments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stratiomyidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.