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Stratiomyidae - subfamilies (in development)

Authors: Even Dankowicz

Last updated: Feb 2019

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Stratiomyidae

  • Parhadrestiinae
  • Chiromyzinae
  • Beridinae
  • Antissinae
  • Pachygastrinae
  • Clitellariinae
  • Chrysochlorininae
  • Hermetiinae
  • Sarginae
  • Raphiocerinae
  • Stratiomyinae
  • Nemotelinae

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Parhadestriinae

  • Distinctively, R4 and R5 are nearly parallel, not diverging, after the fork
  • Distinctively, CuA is short and straight, so that apex of cell cup is truncate, not acute
  • No scutellar spines
  • Along with Chiromyzinae and Beridinae, abdominal segments 6 & 7 are not reduced compared to other segments
  • Antennae not aristate

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Neotropical only

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See figures here

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Chiromyzinae

  • Mouthparts distinctively reduced
  • No scutellar spines
  • Along with Parhadestriinae and Beridinae, abdominal segments 6 & 7 are not reduced compared to other segments
  • Antennae not aristate

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Nearctic, Neotropical, and Australasian

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Inopus rubriceps, CA, © Fue Her, iNaturalist / CC BY

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Beridinae

  • Usually >2 scutellar spines
  • Along with Parhadestriinae and Chiromyzinae, abdominal segments 6 & 7 are not reduced compared to other segments
  • Antennae not aristate

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Exaireta spinigera, NZ, © Bevan Weir, iNaturalist / CC BY

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Antissinae

  • Usually >2 scutellar spines
  • Antennae not aristate

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AU, © Reiner Richter, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC-SA

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Pachygastrinae

  • Often >2 scutellar spines
  • Sometimes aristate antennae

MD, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY

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Clitellariinae

  • 0-2 scutellar spines
  • Sometimes aristate antennae

Adoxomyia sp., AZ, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY

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Chrysochlorininae

  • No scutellar spines
  • Along with Sarginae and Hermetiinae, occiput strongly concave
  • Aristate antennae

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Only 1 species, Chrysochlorina quadrilineata, in US/Canada (in Florida)

Chrysochlorina currani © CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, BoldSystems / CC-BY-NC-SA

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Hermetiinae

  • No scutellar spines
  • Along with Sarginae and Chrysochlorininae, occiput strongly concave
  • Antennae not aristate

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Hermetia illucens, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY

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Sarginae

  • No scutellar spines
  • Along with Hermetiinae and Chrysochlorininae, occiput strongly concave
  • Aristate antennae

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Microchrysa polita, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY

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Raphiocerinae

  • 2 scutellar spines
  • Sometimes aristate antennae

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Neotropical, Oriental, and Australasian

Colombia, © Mateo Giraldo Tamayo, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC

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Stratiomyinae

  • 0-2 scutellar spines
  • Sometimes aristate antennae

Hedriodiscus vertebratus, ON, © kens18, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC

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Nemotelinae

  • No scutellar spines
  • Antennae not aristate

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Nemotelus kansensis, IL, © molanic, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC

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References

Sources for this entire project include:

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References

Other sources consulted for this specific document include:

  • Woodley, 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia. 11.

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