Stratiomyomorpha

Pantophthalmus bellardii, copyright Martin Hauser.

Belongs within: Orthorrhapha.
Contains: Stratiomyidae.

The Stratiomyomorpha are a group of flies including the soldier flies of the Stratiomyidae and their relatives, most of which have saprophagic larvae. Larvae of the families Pantophthalmidae and Xylomyidae are particularly associated with decaying wood. The Pantophthalmidae, found in the Neotropical region, include some of the world's largest flies, reaching up to 45 mm in body length (Woodley 2009a).

Stratiomyomorpha [Stratiomyoidea] W09a
    |--Oligophryne WT11 [Oligophrynidae GE05]
    `--+--Cratomyia macrorrhyncha GE05
       |--Pantophthalmidae W09a
       |    |--Opetiops W09a
       |    `--Pantophthalmus W09a
       |         |--P. argyropastus BW09
       |         |--P. bellardii W09a
       |         |--P. heydeni NB-P09
       |         |--P. kerteszianus W09a
       |         |--P. pictus W09a
       |         |--P. roseni W09a
       |         `--P. tabaninus W09a
       `--+--Stratiomyidae W09a
          `--Xylomyidae [Solvidae, Solvinae, Xylomyinae] W09a
               |--Archisolva cupressa GE05
               |--Arthropeina W09b
               |--Solva W09b
               |    |--S. laeta CM91
               |    `--S. pallipes W09b
               `--Xylomya W09b
                    |--X. americana W09b
                    |--X. parens WT11
                    |--X. shcherbakovi WT11
                    `--X. tenthredinoides M81

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BW09] Buck, M., N. E. Woodley, A. Borkent, D. M. Wood, T. Pape, J. R. Vockeroth, V. Michelsen & S. A. Marshall. 2009. Key to Diptera families—adults. In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 95–156. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[CM91] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1991. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 717–786. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[M81] McAlpine, J. F. 1981. Morphology and terminology—adults. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 9–63. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[NB-P09] Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W. & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[WT11] Wiegmann, B. M., M. D. Trautwein, I. S. Winkler, N. B. Barr, J.-W. Kim, C. Lambkin, M. A. Bertone, B. K. Cassel, K. M. Bayless, A. M. Heimberg, B. M. Wheeler, K. J. Peterson, T. Pape, B. J. Sinclair, J. H. Skevington, V. Blagoderov, J. Caravas, S. N. Kutty, U. Schmidt-Ott, G. E. Kampmeier, F. C. Thompson, D. A. Grimaldi, A. T. Beckenbach, G. W. Courtney, M. Friedrich, R. Meier & D. K. Yeates. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108 (14): 5690–5695.

[W09a] Woodley, N. E. 2009a. Pantophthalmidae (pantophthalmid flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 513–515. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[W09b] Woodley, N. E. 2009b. Xylomyidae (xylomyid flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 517–519. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

Last updated: 2 January 2021.