Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.
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.
Genera As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera. These include: Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 A. fulva Lindner, 1949 Coenomyiodes Brunetti, 1920 C. edwardsi Brunetti, 1920 Solva Walker, 1859 S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993 S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975 S. inamoena Walker, 1859 S. marginata (Meigen, 1820) S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921) S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839) S. pallipes (Loew, 1863) S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972 S. varia (Meigen, 1820) S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914 Xylomya Rondani, 1861 X. fasciatus (Say, 1829) X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960) X. maculata (Meigen, 1804) X. simillima Steyskal, 1947 X. trinotata (Bigot, 1880)
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
References
External links
Xylomyidae in Italian Image Gallery from Diptera.info Family description Xylomyia maculata Species page from Polish Red Data Book