STRATIOMYIDAE
(soldierflies)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Beris legionnaire soldierflies	Genus	4 subtaxa	54 images	2 ident. refs
Chloromyia formosa Broad Centurion	Species		23 images	1 ident. refs
Chloromyia speciosa a centurion	Species			1 ident. refs
Chorisops nagatomii Bright Four-spined Legionnaire	Species		22 images	1 ident. refs
Chorisops tibialis Dull Four-spined Legionnaire	Species		16 images	1 ident. refs
Microchrysa gem soldierflies	Genus	2 subtaxa	46 images
Nemotelus snout soldierflies	Genus	2 subtaxa	59 images
Odontomyia colonel and brigadier soldierflies	Genus	2 subtaxa	26 images
Oplodontha viridula Common Green Colonel	Species		12 images
Oxycera a genus of solderflies	Genus	3 subtaxa	28 images
Pachygaster atra Dark-winged Black	Species		18 images
Pachygaster leachii Yellow-legged Black	Species		6 images
Sargus centurion soldierflies	Genus	1 subtaxa	10 images
Stratiomys general soldierflies	Genus	2 subtaxa	26 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
Superfamily	STRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
Infraorder	Stratiomyomorpha (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

STRATIOMYIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Falk, S.		Diptera (flies)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
	Oldroyd, H.	1969	* Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
()	Reemer, M.	2014	Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae)	56pp
	Séguy, E.	1926	* Diptères (Brachyhcéres) (Stratiomyiidae, Erinnidae, Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

STRATIOMYOIDEA
(soldier flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for STRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

STRATIOMYIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)