| Grypomyia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Clitellariinae |
| Genus: | Grypomyia Kertész, 1923 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Grypomyia gracilis | |
Grypomyia 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.
Kálmán Kertész was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.
Stratiomyini is a tribe of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Eupachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Oxycera is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 80 described species in Oxycera.
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.
Clitellariinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand. Its genus name comes from Ancient Greek, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its species name meaning "wasp fly-like". It is considered to be the animal with the longest valid scientific name; the name Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid. The proposed name for the bacterium Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis is longer, but it is not an animal, and under the rules of nomenclature for bacteria, the name still must be published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) before it is accepted as valid. P. stratiosphecomyioides, sometimes referred to as the Southeast Asian soldier fly, was described in 1923 by British entomologist Enrico Brunetti. This insect is usually between 10.3 and 10.4 mm.
Euryneura is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 8 described species in Euryneura.
Berkshiria is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least 2 described species in Berkshiria.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Antissinae is a subfamily of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Cosmariomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. There are at least three described species in Cosmariomyia.
Sterphus fascithorax is a species of Hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
Abasanistus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Acropeltates is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Diaphorostylus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Ditylometopa is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Meringostylus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.