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Stratiomys

Keith Bayless
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Containing group: Stratiomyinae

Introduction

Stratiomys larvae are generally found in the littoral zone of ponds, lakes, springs, and marshes (Rozkošný 1998). Stratiomys is found everywhere except Australia. It is most diverse in Europe, and only one species, S. rufiventris from Zaire, is known from the Afrotropical region. Stratiomys longicornis, from Europe, Western Asia, and N. Africa, has 15 names in synonymy, the most of any species in Stratiomyidae (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Stratiomys is distinguished from other Nearctic Stratiomyini by the spined scutellum with the spines laterally on the scutellum (not approximated) the antenna with five flagellomeres without forming a stylus, and the face not produced or tuberculate (James 1981).

References

James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.

Rozkošný, R. 1998. Chapter 24. Family Stratiomyidae. Manual Palaearct. Dipt. 2: 387-411.

Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Stratiomys potamida
Location Stevenshill, Cound, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Stratiomys potamida
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Copyright © 2008 Nigel Jones
Scientific Name Stratiomys
Location Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Norman Woodley
Life Cycle Stage Larva
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Copyright © Perry Babin
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