Hoplodictya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Hoplodictya Cresson, 1920 [1] |
Type species | |
Tetanocera setosa |
Hoplodictya is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are about five described species in Hoplodictya. [4] [5] [6]
The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.
The Metopininae are a subfamily of flies in the family Phoridae.
Atrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Tetanocerini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are more than 400 described species in the tribe.
Elgiva is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are about eight described species in Elgiva.
Tetanocera is a genus of marsh flies, insects in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 50 described species in Tetanocera.
Trypetoptera is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least two described species in Trypetoptera.
Pherbecta is a genus of marsh flies. There is at least one described species in Pherbecta, P. limenitis.
Poecilographa is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There is at least one described species in Poecilographa, P. decora.
Renocera is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are about eight described species in Renocera.
Sepedomerus is a genus of marsh flies. There are at least four described species in Sepedomerus.
Hedria is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There is one described species in Hedria, H. mixta.
Dictyacium is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least two described species in Dictyacium.
Metadioctria is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least three described species in Metadioctria.
Heteropogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 60 described species in Heteropogon.
Poecilognathus is a genus of bee flies. There are at least 20 described species in Poecilognathus.
Hoplodictya spinicornis is a species of marsh fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is a small, brown fly, typically 3-4 mm., widespread in the southern United States and Mexico, ranging north as far as British Columbia and New Jersey, and south as far as Guatemala and the West Indies.
Sciomyzini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.
Oidematops ferrugineus is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is the sole member of its genus.
Sciomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.