| Xylomyidae Temporal range:
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| Solva marginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Stratiomyomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stratiomyoidea |
| Family: | Xylomyidae de Meijere, 1913[1] |
| Synonyms | |
Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.[4]
- ^ Meijere, J. C. H. de (1913). "Praeda itineris a L. F. de Beaufort in Archipelago indico facti annis 1909-1910. Dipteren I". Bijdr. Dierkd. 19: 45–69.
- ^ Hendel, F. (1936). 26. Ordnung der Pterygogenea: Diptera = Fliegen. 1757-1884 [1936.10.22], In Kukenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie. (2). vol. 4. Berlin & Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter.
- ^ Comstock, J. H. (1924). An introduction to entomology. 1st complete ed. Ithaca: The Comstock Publ. pp. xix + 1044 pp.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.