SCIOMYZIDAE
(snail-killing flies)

SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Pherbellia
a genus of snail-killing flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Tetanocera
a genus of snail-killing flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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 SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ball, S. 2017 Family Sciomyzidae V2 edition, 150pp, Dipterists Forum
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Rozkosny, R. 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14, 224pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ball, S. 2017 Sciomyzidae: biology 23pp, Dipterists Forum
Ball, S. 2017 Sciomyzidae: identification 42pp, Dipterists Forum
Speight, M.C.D. 2004 Predicting impacts of changes in farm management on Sciomyzids (Diptera, Sciomyzidae): a biodiversity case study from southern Ireland Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 147-166.

Newsletters

Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter Published for/by:Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum

Regional

Greve, L., Jonassen, T. & Olsen, T.J. 2008 New records of Phaeomyiidae and Sciomyzidae (Diptera) in Norway NJE Vol 55 (1): 49-52.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies):

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