XYLOPHAGIDAE
(awl-flies)

XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Xylophagus
awl-flies
Genus 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyXYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies)
SuperfamilyXYLOPHAGOIDEA (awl-flies)
InfraorderXylophagomorpha (awl-flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Oldroyd, H. 1969 Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Séguy, E. 1926 Diptères (Brachyhcéres) (Stratiomyiidae, Erinnidae, Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae) Faune de France, Faune No 13, 308pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2001 British Soldierflies and their Allies 511pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M. 2014 British Soldierflies and their Allies (2nd ed) 2nd (mostly minor updates) edition, 528pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
van Veen, M. Xylophagidae home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/kleinefamilies/XYLOPHAG_e.HTM

XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to XYLOPHAGIDAE (awl-flies):

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