Raphiocerinae

Keith Bayless

Analcoceroides longicornis
Analcocerus
Anisoscapus
Basentidema
Brachythrix dileucostigma
Cyclophleps tenebrifera
Dactylothrix indicatrix
Dicamptocrana jorgenseni
Dicranophora
Dolichothrix
Heptozus
Histriodroma
Hoplistes
Lysozus
Neanalcocerus
Neoraphiocera pipopiuna
Pezodontina
Phanerozus pampinus
Pseudocyclophleps
Pseudohistiodroma
Raphiocera
Rondonocera melanochrysa
Rhaphioceroides pendleburyi
Timorimyia bidentata

Introduction

Soldier flies in the subfamily Raphiocerinae are elongate, often with vibrantly colored wings and bodies (Woodley 2001). Raphiocerinae is almost entirely limited to the New World Tropics. Rhaphioceroides, Timorimyia, and one species of Raphiocera are found in Southeast Asia. No larvae have been described in this subfamily (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Raphiocerinae are distinguished by their one segmented palpi, bare post-tegula, and antennae with six flagellomeres. Flies in this subfamily tend to have strikingly patterned wings with thick costal veins (Woodley 2001).

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

In the most comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the family, Raphiocera fell within Stratiomyinae in some analyses, so the delimitation of the two subfamilies is unclear (Brammer and von Dohlen 2007). The subfamilial placement of non-New World Raphiocerinae merits further study (Woodley 2001).

References

Brammer, C.A. and C.D. von Dohlen. 2007. The evolutionary history of Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera): the molecular phylogeny of a diverse family of flies. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43:660-73.

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

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Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

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First online 28 September 2008
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