| Ankylacantha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
| Genus: | Ankylacantha Lindner, 1955 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Ankylacantha keiseri | |
Ankylacantha is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. [2]
The soldier flies are a family of flies. The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Adults are found near larval habitats, which are found in a wide array of locations, mostly in wetlands, damp places in soil, sod, under bark, in animal excrement, and in decaying organic matter. The Stratiomyinae are a different subgroup that tends to have an affinity to aquatic environments. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black and yellow or green and sometimes metallic. They are often rather inactive flies which typically rest with their wings placed one above the other over the abdomen.
Neopachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Nemotelus is a subgenus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Nemotelus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 190 described species in Nemotelus. Nemotelus is known from the Nearctic, Afrotropical and the Palaearctic regions.
Actina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Beridinae is a subfamily of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Clitellariinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Hermetia is a genus of flies of the family Stratiomyidae.
Hermetiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Parastratiosphecomyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Hedriodiscus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are more than 20 described species in Hedriodiscus.
Macromeracis is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Cyanauges is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Abavus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Auloceromyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Homalarthria is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Chaetohermetia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Chaetosargus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.