STRATIOMYOIDEA
(soldier flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
STRATIOMYIDAE
soldierflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 23 subtaxa 346 images 10 ident. refs
XYLOMYIDAE
wood-soldierflies
Family 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rozkosny, R. 1973 The Stratiomyioidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 1, 150pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

STRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for STRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
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