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Wood Soldier Flies
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Wood Soldier Flies

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.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Solva

genusSolva

Xylomya

genusXylomya

Arthropeina

genusArthropeina

Coenomyiodes

genusCoenomyiodes

Hanauia

genusHanauia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245354.