| Solva pallipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Xylomyidae |
| Genus: | Solva |
| Species: | S. pallipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Solva pallipes | |
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Solva pallipes is a species of fly in the family Xylomyidae. It is found throughout most of North America.
Adults are found in shady, wooded areas, often on tree trunks. They have also been found on Chrysanthemum plants, and are attracted to lights. Larvae have been found underneath the bark of cottonwood, Carolina poplar, Osage orange, and red mulberry trees.[4]
- ^ a b Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia". Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 1–55. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18630070104.
- ^ Hull, F. M. (1945). "Notes upon flies of the genus Solva Walker". Entomological News. 55: 263–265. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Harris, T.W. (1835). Insects. Pp. 553-602. In Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. pp. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps.
- ^ Webb, D.W. (1984). "A revision of the Nearctic species of the family Solvidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 110: 245–293.