Xylomyidae

Xylomyidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Solva marginata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Stratiomyomorpha
Superfamily:	Stratiomyoidea
Family:	Xylomyidae de Meijere, 1913[1]
Synonyms
Solvidae Hendel, 1936[2] Xylomyiidae Comstock, 1924[3]

Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

Genera

As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera.^[7][5] These include:

• Arthropeina Lindner, 1949^[8]
  • A. fulva Lindner, 1949^[8]
• Coenomyiodes Brunetti, 1920^[9][7]
  • C. edwardsi Brunetti, 1920^[7]
• Solva Walker, 1859^[10]
  • S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993
  • S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975^[11]
  • S. inamoena Walker, 1859^[10]
  • S. marginata (Meigen, 1820)^[12]
  • S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921)
  • S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839)^[12]
  • S. pallipes (Loew, 1863)
  • S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972
  • S. varia (Meigen, 1820)^[12]
  • S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914
• Xylomya Rondani, 1861^[13]
  • X. fasciatus (Say, 1829)
  • X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960)
  • X. maculata (Meigen, 1804)^[12]
  • X. simillima Steyskal, 1947
  • Bigot, 1880)^[12]

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

Phylogeny

Stratiomyomorpha	Xylomyidae subfamily Xylomyinae of Stratiomyidae in older works  Stratiomyidae  Pantophthalmidae

References

1. ^ Meijere, J. C. H. de (1913). "Praeda itineris a L. F. de Beaufort in Archipelago indico facti annis 1909-1910. Dipteren I". Bijdr. Dierkd. 19: 45–69.
2. ^ Hendel, F. (1936). 26. Ordnung der Pterygogenea: Diptera = Fliegen. 1757-1884 [1936.10.22], In Kukenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie. (2). vol. 4. Berlin & Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter.
3. ^ Comstock, J. H. (1924). An introduction to entomology. 1st complete ed. Ithaca: The Comstock Publ. pp. xix + 1044 pp.
4. ISBN 1-899935-04-5
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5. ^
   PMID 25081156
   . Retrieved 16 June 2018.
6. ^ Krivosheina, N.P. (1988). "Family Xylomyidae. In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (Eds)". Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 5: 38–42.
7. ^ ^{a b c} Woodley, Norman E. (2011). "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. 12: 417–453.
8. ^
   doi:10.1080/00222934808653947
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9. ^ Brunetti, E. (1920). Diptera. Brachycera. In: [Shipley, A.E., ed.], Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. 1. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. ix + 401 pp., 4 pls.
10. ^
    doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1859.tb00089.x
    . Retrieved 8 June 2017.
11. ^ Nagatomi, A. (1975). "Family Solvidae". A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. 2: 10–13.
12. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
13. ^ Rondani, C. (1861). Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum. Vol. IV. A. Stocche, Parmae. pp. 174 pp.

External links

• Data related to Xylomyidae at Wikispecies

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xylomyidae.

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