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Soldier Flies
Stratiomyidae
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek στρατιώτης - soldier; μυια - 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. Adults are found near larval habitats, which 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. Stratiomyinae is a...
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Sarginae
subfamilySarginae
Hermetiinae
subfamilyHermetiinae
Stratiomyinae
subfamilyStratiomyinae
Beridinae
subfamilyBeridinae
Chiromyzinae
subfamilyChiromyzinae
Clitellariinae
subfamilyClitellariinae
Pachygastrinae
subfamilyPachygastrinae
Nemotelinae
subfamilyNemotelinae
Raphiocerinae
subfamilyRaphiocerinae
Chrysochlorininae
subfamilyChrysochlorininae
Antissinae
subfamilyAntissinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70127.