Xylomyidae Explained

Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Genera

As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera.^{[4] [2]} These include:

• Arthropeina Lindner, 1949^[5]
  • A. fulva Lindner, 1949^[5]
• Coenomyiodes Brunetti, 1920^{[6] [4]}
  • C. edwardsi Brunetti, 1920^[4]
• Solva Walker, 1859^[7]
  • S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993
  • S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975^[8]
  • S. inamoena Walker, 1859^[7]
  • S. marginata (Meigen, 1820)^[9]
  • S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921)
  • S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839)^[9]
  • S. pallipes (Loew, 1863)
  • S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972
  • S. varia (Meigen, 1820)^[9]
  • S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914
• Xylomya Rondani, 1861^[10]
  • X. fasciatus (Say, 1829)
  • X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960)
  • X. maculata (Meigen, 1804)^[9]
  • X. simillima Steyskal, 1947
  • X. trinotata (Bigot, 1880)^[9]

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

External links

• Xylomyidae in Italian
• Image Gallery from Diptera.info
• Family description
• Xylomyia maculata Species page from Polish Red Data Book

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E. . Drake . Martin . British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera . 2001 . . London . 1-899935-04-5 . 528 pages .
2. Fachin . D. A. . Amorim . D. D. S. . Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae) . Zootaxa . 2014 . 3827 . 2 . 231–257 . 16 June 2018 . Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand . 1175-5334. 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.6 . 25081156 .
3. Krivosheina . N.P. . Family Xylomyidae. In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (Eds) . Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera . 1988 . 5 . 38–42.
4. Woodley . Norman E. . 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 . 2011 . 12 . 417–453.
5. Lindner. E.. Neotropische Stratiomyiiden des Britischen Museums in London. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1949. 1. 12. 782–821. 10.1080/00222934808653947.
6. Book: Brunetti . E. . Diptera. Brachycera. In: [Shipley, A.E., ed.], Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. 1 . 1920 . Taylor & Francis . London . ix + 401 pp., 4 pls.
7. Walker. Francis. 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 . 1859. 4. 14. 90–96. 8 June 2017. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1859.tb00089.x.
8. Nagatomi. A.. Family Solvidae . A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region Suborder Brachycera through Division Aschiza, Suborder Cyclorrhapha. 1975. 2. 10–13.
9. Web site: Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919130038/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=405335 . dead . September 19, 2012 . Faunaeur.org . 2011-11-03.
10. Book: Rondani, C. . 1861 . Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum.. A. Stocche, Parmae. IV . 174 pp .