| Pachygaster characta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
| Genus: | Pachygaster |
| Species: | P. characta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachygaster characta Kraft & Cook, 1961 [1] | |
Pachygaster characta is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. [2]
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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.
Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Oxycera is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Chorisops is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. They are small flies with reduced palpi. The scutellum has spines and the abdomen has seven visible segments. Their eyes are contiguous in the male.
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.
Hermetia is a genus of flies of the family Stratiomyidae.
Hermetiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Prosopochrysini is a tribe of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Myxosargus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Caloparyphus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Allognosta is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Inopus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Gowdeyana is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Brachycara is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Brachyodina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
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