Xylomyidae

Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.^[4]

Xylomyidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Solva marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Stratiomyomorpha
Superfamily:	Stratiomyoidea
Family:	Xylomyidae de Meijere, 1913[1]
Synonyms
Solvidae Hendel, 1936[2] Xylomyiidae Comstock, 1924[3]

Description

Wing venation of Xylomya maculata

For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

These flies are 4 to 14 millimeters long. Their coloration is variable. They have spurs on the mid and hind tibiae. The antennae are conical.^[5][6]

Genera

As of 2011 there were 138 described species in four genera.^[7][5] These include:

• Arthropeina Lindner, 1949^[8]
  • A. fulva Lindner, 1949^[8]
• Coenomyiodes Brunetti, 1920^[9][7]
  • C. edwardsi Brunetti, 1920^[7]
• Solva Walker, 1859^[10]
  • S. dorsiflava Yang & Nagatomi, 1993
  • S. freyi Nagatomi, 1975^[11]
  • S. inamoena Walker, 1859^[10]
  • S. marginata (Meigen, 1820)^[12]
  • S. micholitzi (Enderlein, 1921)
  • S. nigritibialis (Macquart, 1839)^[12]
  • S. pallipes (Loew, 1863)
  • S. schnitnikovi Krivosheina, 1972
  • S. varia (Meigen, 1820)^[12]
  • S. vittipes Bezzi, 1914
• Xylomya Rondani, 1861^[13]
  • X. fasciatus (Say, 1829)
  • X. luteicornis (Frey, 1960)
  • X. maculata (Meigen, 1804)^[12]
  • X. simillima Steyskal, 1947
  • X. trinotata (Bigot, 1880)^[12]

Extinct genera

• †Archosolva Grimaldi 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cretarthropeina Solórzano Kraemer and Cumming 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cretasolva Grimaldi 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cretoxyla Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Pankowskia Solórzano Kraemer and Cumming 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Species lists

• Palaearctic
• Nearctic
• Australasian/Oceanian
• Japan
• Great Britain

Phylogeny

Stratiomyomorpha	Xylomyidae subfamily Xylomyinae of Stratiomyidae in older works Stratiomyidae Pantophthalmidae