Hedriodiscus
Keith Bayless
- Hedriodiscus binotatus
- Hedriodiscus chloraspis
- Hedriodiscus clypeatus
- Hedriodiscus dorsalis
- Hedriodiscus euchlorus
- Hedriodiscus humilis
- Hedriodiscus hydrolupus
- Hedriodiscus infrapallidus
- Hedriodiscus jacarellus
- Hedriodiscus lefebvrei
- Hedriodiscus leucogaster
- Hedriodiscus lineatus
- Hedriodiscus nudifrons
- Hedriodiscus pallidiventris
- Hedriodiscus prasinus
- Hedriodiscus pulcher
- Hedriodiscus punctifer
- Hedriodiscus quadrilineatus
- Hedriodiscus subcupratus
- Hedriodiscus superpictus
- Hedriodiscus tortugellus
- Hedriodiscus trivittatus
- Hedriodiscus truquii
- Hedriodiscus turacellus
- Hedriodiscus varipes
- Hedriodiscus vertebratus
Introduction
Soldier flies in the genus Hedriodiscus are large, showy, and restricted to the New World. Hedriodiscus varipes is native to Western N. America. The ranges of 6 species include both the Nearctic and Neotropical regions, and the rest are from the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Characteristics
Hedriodiscus is distinguished from other Nearctic Stratiomyini by the spined scutellum, the antenna with six flagellomeres with the last two flagellomeres forming a stylus, crossvein r-m absent and M1 and M3 distinct (James 1981).
References
James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.
Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Information on the Internet
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Hedriodiscus truquii.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Hedriodiscus varipes.
- UMN: Cedar Creek Insects. Image of Hedriodiscus vertebratus.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Hedriodiscus |
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| Location | Desert Botanical Garden, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Norman Woodley |
| Sex | Male |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| Size | 9 mm |
| Source | #12962 |
| Source Collection | BugGuide.Net |
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| Copyright |
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Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Content changed 28 September 2008
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Bayless, Keith. 2008. Hedriodiscus. Version 28 September 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hedriodiscus/108818/2008.09.28 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
