Merosargus sexnotatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Sarginae |
Genus: | Merosargus |
Species: | M. sexnotatus |
Binomial name | |
Merosargus sexnotatus James, 1941 [1] | |
Merosargus sexnotatus is a species of soldier fly 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. Larvae 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. Adults are found near larval habitats. 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.
Stratiomyini is a tribe of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Oplodontha is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Neopachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Oxycera is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Clitellaria is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Nemotelus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. Nemotelus is known from the Nearctic, Afrotropical and the Palaearctic regions.
Chorisops is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Actina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Stratiomyinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Sarginae is a subfamily of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Hermetia is a genus of flies of the family Stratiomyidae.
Cyphomyia is a genus of flies in the subfamily Clitellariinae.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Nothomyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Prosopochrysini is a tribe of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Lasiopa is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.