Stratiomys maculosa

Stratiomys maculosa is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. Sometimes called the spotted soldier fly, it seeks flowers and riparian habitats.^[5] The geographic range of this insect is western North America, including British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California.^[6]

Stratiomys maculosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Stratiomyinae
Tribe:	Stratiomyini
Genus:	Stratiomys
Species:	S. maculosa
Binomial name
Stratiomys maculosa (Loew, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Stratiomyia maculosa Loew, 1866[1] Stratiomyia insignis Loew, 1872[2] Stratiomys dentata Bigot, 1879[3] Stratiomys lacerata Bigot, 1879[3] Stratiomys lacerta Johnson, 1895[4]

References

1. Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. Loew, Hermann (1872). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria decima". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 16: 49–124. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18720160110. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
3. Bigot, J.M.F. (1879). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 11e partie. XVI. Curiae Xylophagidarum et Stratiomydarum (Bigot) [concl]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 9 (5): 209–234. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Johnson, C.W. (1895). "A review of the Stratiomyia and Odontomyia of North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 22: 227–278, 2 pls. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. Storer, Tracy I. (2004). Sierra Nevada natural history. Robert L. Usinger, David Lukas (Rev. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 226. ISBN 0-520-23277-1. OCLC 52942732.
6. James, Maurice T. "The soldier flies or Stratiomyidae of California" (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey: 87.