Odontomyia Meigen, 1803
(colonel and brigadier soldierflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Odontomyia argentata
Silver Colonel
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 5 images
Odontomyia tigrina
Black Colonel
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 21 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOdontomyia (colonel and brigadier soldierflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
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)

Odontomyia (colonel and brigadier soldierflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Odontomyia (colonel and brigadier soldierflies)
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