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A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
... The Stratiomyidae, also known as soldier flies, is a cosmopolitan family, with about 2,850 extant described species in approximately 360 genera (Woodley 2001;Hauser et al. 2017). Extant stratiomyids have been classified into 12 subfamilies, from which Pachygastrinae, Sarginae, and Stratiomyinae stand out as the most species-rich with over 500 described species in each (Woodley 2001). ...
... The Stratiomyidae, also known as soldier flies, is a cosmopolitan family, with about 2,850 extant described species in approximately 360 genera (Woodley 2001;Hauser et al. 2017). Extant stratiomyids have been classified into 12 subfamilies, from which Pachygastrinae, Sarginae, and Stratiomyinae stand out as the most species-rich with over 500 described species in each (Woodley 2001). The remaining subfamilies vary from slightly less than 300 described species, as with the Beridinae and Clitellariinae, to less than 40 described species, as in the Antissinae and Chrysochlorininae, to only two species, as with the Parhadrestiinae (Woodley 2001). ...
... Extant stratiomyids have been classified into 12 subfamilies, from which Pachygastrinae, Sarginae, and Stratiomyinae stand out as the most species-rich with over 500 described species in each (Woodley 2001). The remaining subfamilies vary from slightly less than 300 described species, as with the Beridinae and Clitellariinae, to less than 40 described species, as in the Antissinae and Chrysochlorininae, to only two species, as with the Parhadrestiinae (Woodley 2001). While the larvae are scavengers, associated with a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habits with decaying plant material, organic detritus, and algae (McFadden 1967;Rozkošný 1982;Godoi and Pujol-Luz 2018), the adults, which exhibit distinct morphology and colouration, can often be spotted on flowers and the leaves of shrubs and trees in forest habits (Rozkošný 1982;Souza-Silva et al. 2001;Roháček 2020). ...
Stratiomyidae is one of the most species-rich and morphologically diversified Diptera families of the orthorraphous Brachycera. Despite the large species diversity and prevalence in various environments, soldier flies are rare in the fossil records, especially in amber deposits. Here we present the first two Prosopochrysini fossils from Miocene amber. The fossils are assigned to a new genus—Cenorhaphiocerina gen. nov.— included in the extant tribe Prosopochrysini, with the description of two species, C. dominicana sp. nov. from amber mines in the Dominican Republic and C. kraemerae sp. nov. from amber areas in Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. The new genus and species are compared with other extant genera of Prosopochrysini. We postulate that Cenorhaphiocerina gen. nov. likely forms a group with the extant genera Acanthasargus White, 1914, Hoplistopsis James, 1950, Rhaphiocerina Lindner, 1936 and the species Prosopochrysa azurea (Lindner, 1951), that should be placed in a separate genus, based on the presence
of four medial wing veins, upper and lower frons in the head contrasting in colour, and of some level of dichoptic eyes configuration in males.
... At present, the world fauna of Stratiomyidae consists of approximately 2700 recognized and described species belonging to approximately 400 genera (Woodley, 2001). Contributions to the knowledge of stratiomyids of Morocco are very fragmented and remain patchy; the first records were by Becker and Stein (1913) and further studies were those of Séguy (1930) and Lindner (1936Lindner ( -1938 who recorded species in their studies of the Diptera of Morocco or of the Palaearctic stratiomyids, respectively. ...
... The identifications were made using Séguy (1930), Rozkošný (1982Rozkošný ( , 1983 and Mason (2013). The nomenclature and the list of the species known from Morocco follow Woodley (2001). New Records of the Moroccan Soldier Flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) World distribution: Species of Turanic-European-Mediterranean distribution covering Europe (although its distribution seems to be limited in part also in the southern regions), the Middle East, Anatolia, the Balkan and the Caucasus (Woodley, 2001) and North Africa (Yimlahi et al, 2017) and Morocco (Aazafa) (New site). ...
... The nomenclature and the list of the species known from Morocco follow Woodley (2001). New Records of the Moroccan Soldier Flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) World distribution: Species of Turanic-European-Mediterranean distribution covering Europe (although its distribution seems to be limited in part also in the southern regions), the Middle East, Anatolia, the Balkan and the Caucasus (Woodley, 2001) and North Africa (Yimlahi et al, 2017) and Morocco (Aazafa) (New site). ...
New data about Moroccan soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) are presented in the present study that discusses 15 species. Six species are recorded as new to the fauna of Morocco, four of which, Oxycera analis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822, O. flava (Lindner, 1938), O. marginata Loew, 18959, and Chorisops tibialis (Meigen, 1820) are new records for North Africa. Oxycera morrisii (Curtis, 1833) is recorded for the first time in Morocco. Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) was recently reported based on a personal communication without details but is now also formally added. It adds a new subfamily to the Moroccan fauna, the Hermetiinae. Notes on taxonomy, distribution and biology of the species are added. The male of O. flava is described and illustrated.
... The subfamily Sarginae has over 550 described species in 20 genera worldwide, with a bit over half of the species, approximately 270 species, known only from the Neotropical Region (Woodley 2001). Most of the diversity in the Neotropics is, however, represented by three species-rich genera: Merosargus Loew, 1855, with 144 species, Ptecticus Loew, 1855with 53, and Sargus Fabricius, 1798. ...
... Merosargus gracilis Williston, 1888 is possibly a synonym of M. cingulatus. Both species are widespread in the Neotropical Region (Woodley 2001) and they are morphologically similar. They are dark metallic species with green to bluish metallic reflections on the head and thorax and they have a dark abdomen with purple metallic shining and hind femur with basal half white and apical half black or with the extreme base of the femur black, then white up to the middle, and then apical half black. ...
The puparia of Merosargus cingulatus Schiner, 1868 and Ptecticus lanei James, 1941, two Neotropical species of Sarginae (Stratiomyidae), are described and illustrated based on 19 and 17 immatures of each species, respectively. The specimens were collected in rotting vegetal material in Carambeí, state of Paraná, Brazil. Images of reared adults of both species are provided, allowing future identifications of specimens. New distributional records include the first occurrences of M. cingulatus in the Brazilian states of Ceará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Rio de Janeiro. With these two new descriptions, immature stages (6th instar and/or puparium) of 29 species of Sarginae are now known, with only eight species known from the Neotropical Region.
... Xylomyidae (= Solvidae) (Fig. 36.142). No mundo, são conhecidas cerca 140 espécies de quatro gêneros (Woodley 2011), dos quais Solva Walker é o mais diverso com 101 espécies (Woodley 2011). Apenas 16 espécies em três gêneros ocorrem na região Neotropical, com seis espécies em Arthropeina Lindner, sete em Solva e três em Xylomya Rondani (Fachin & Assis-Pujol 2016). ...
... Xylomyidae (= Solvidae) (Fig. 36.142). No mundo, são conhecidas cerca 140 espécies de quatro gêneros (Woodley 2011), dos quais Solva Walker é o mais diverso com 101 espécies (Woodley 2011). Apenas 16 espécies em três gêneros ocorrem na região Neotropical, com seis espécies em Arthropeina Lindner, sete em Solva e três em Xylomya Rondani (Fachin & Assis-Pujol 2016). ...
Esta segunda edição segue a mesma linha da primeira, dando base para o incremento do conhecimento científico relativo à entomologia brasileira nos seus mais diversos aspectos, com informações gerais sobre morfologia, biologia, classificações, relações filogenéticas, importância agrícola, médica, veterinária, métodos de coletas e chaves de identificações. Esta segunda edição apresenta um texto abrangente e ênfase para a identificação de todas as 28 ordens e 679 famílias de insetos com registros para o Brasil.
... Similarly, November presented the highest species diversity using white roof Malaise traps with 18 species, followed by September and October, with 10 and 11, respectively. Besides Chiromyza sp. 1, which was evidently abundant and nearly exclusive of the dry season, from April to August (n = 641 specimens in 2010 and n = 301 in 2011, both unlikely that H. illucens is exclusive to the dry season, as it is known for other months and introduced worldwide (Woodley, 2001;Roháček and Hora, 2013;Ståhls et al., 2020). Except for six Barbiellinia sp. 1 and another two Chiromyza sp. 1 collected in September, October, and November, chiromyzines were not reported in the rainy season. ...
... out of 882 soldier flies were found (DAF, data unpublished). As Chiromyzinae, including Chiromyza Wiedemann, 1820, are widespread in the Neotropical Region (Woodley, 2001(Woodley, , 2009)-present both in humid and more dry environments-and that very little is known about the seasonality of these flies and of stratiomyids in general from other areas, is probable that the higher numbers of Chiromyza in Sertãozinho and low numbers of the same group in other areas are due to a combination of lack of study and biases of the collecting methods used. It could also be, that in our study area, there was a mass emergence of these Chiromyza sp. 1, likely because there was a favorable condition and then a large number was captured. ...
Although the species richness of Stratiomyidae (Diptera) in Brazil (~340 species) is one of the highest for the family worldwide, we still do not know the actual number of species, the extent of their distribution, or the species seasonal dynamics for a single area in the Neotropics. The soldier fly fauna in the semideciduous seasonal forests, which cover a major area of the countryside of the state of São Paulo, is poorly known compared to the best-known areas in the Atlantic Forest for stratiomyids, such as the ombrophilous forests on the southeast coast. With the constant habitat fragmentation of the remnants of the semideciduous forests in the state for crops and pastures for cattle, we are losing valuable data about biodiversity. This study details the stratiomyids for a single area in the Neotropical Region, using a standardized collecting methodology with Malaise traps, from May 2010 to December 2011. Here, we provide a list of 41 stratiomyid species and 25 genera in eight subfamilies from a total of 1,533 specimens collected in the Reserva Biológica e Ecológica Augusto Ruschi, Sertãozinho, Brazil. The current number of species/morphospecies reported for the state of São Paulo is raised to 113, with Merosargus golbachi James, 1971 in James and McFadden, 1971 and M. tripartitus James, 1971 in James and McFadden, 1971 reported for the first time to Brazil. Our analyses estimate even higher richness in the studied area, probably between 48 to 114 species, indicating that further collection efforts are needed.
Keywords:
Brachycera; Endemism; Faunistic composition; Neotropical region; Taxonomy
... 2).Exaireta spinigera komt van oorsprong voor in Australië. De eerste introducties buiten zijn natuurlijke verspreidingsgebied vonden plaats in Nieuw-Zeeland en Hawaï(Woodley 2001). ...
Two females of Exaireta spinigera were collected in the province of Zeeland in the south of the Netherlands. These represent the first records of this alien species in the Netherlands. A male of E. spinigera from Australia was available for study. Although it is smaller than the studied European specimens and its wing base is distinctly more yellow, examination of the male terminalia confirms it is the same species. Since 2013 E. spinigera has been recorded in Belgium and expanding rapidly in the last years. The species is known, besides its native Australia, from Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, the United States (including Hawaii) and Russia. On the website Inaturalist.org, photos from the species can be found from two places from where no
published records exist. Firstly, the author has seen photos of E. spinigera from Sokhumi which is internationally considered to be part of Georgia. Also, I found what appears to be the first, as of yet unpublished, records from the Neotropics. Several photos are available online for years already. Recent online records from Belgium, France, Italy, Russia (Sochi) show the species expanding its range in these countries rapidly. The larvae develop in decaying organic matter. Both in Belgium and the Netherlands specimens have been observed in association with garden compost, including observations of ovipositing females and larvae collected from garden
compost in Belgium which were bred to adults by the author. These records and observations indicate that the species will become an established part of the soldier fly fauna of the Netherlands. It seems only a matter of time before the species establishes a cosmopolitan distribution.
Se presenta un listado ilustrado actualizado de las 87 especies de Stratiomyidae (Diptera) reportadas de Nicaragua: 5 Beridinae, 17 Pachygastrinae, 18 Clitellariinae, 3 Chrysochlorinae, 5 Hermetiinae, 26 Sarginae, 1 Raphiocerinae, 11 Stratiomyinae y 1 Nemotelinae. Veinte y ocho especies constituyen nuevos registros para la fauna de Nicaragua.
The puparium of Hermetia teevani Curran is described, based on 173 specimens reared from cassava roots (Manihot esculenta), in laboratory under controlled conditions until the emergence of the adults. Hermetia teevani is the ninth species with immature stage known for Hermetia, in addition to being recorded for the first time for the Distrito Federal and State of Goiás.
The Diptera fauna of the Galápagos Archipelago is updated and an annotated checklist is presented. Currently 50 families, 207 genera, and a minimum of 324 species are recorded from the islands. Approximately 107 species are considered to have arrived on the Galápagos Islands through human introductions, an estimated 101 species are considered endemic, 42 species have naturally colonized the islands from mainland Americas, 21 species are either introduced or arrived naturally and 53 species remain unidentified. The following new combination is proposed: Chrysanthrax primitivus (Walker) is moved to Hemipenthes Loew as H. primitivus (Walker) comb. nov. All references to the Galápagos taxonomic literature are included, known island species distributions listed and general remarks on the biology of many species are provided.
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