Diptera21 species

Family Xylophagidae

Xylophagidae is a family in the order Diptera. Browse 21 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Xylophagidae (21)

Coenomyia ferruginea

Identification: How to tell males from females (Thanks to Bob Biagi ) 1) Overall Body coloring: Dark brown with some lighter (lateral) abdominal bands = ♂ Shiny orange with light-orange abdomen, almost white = ♀ 2) Leg colors: Hind legs darker = ♂ Al

Dialysis dispar

Identification: Distinguished from all but one species of Dialysis by having an outer as well as an inner spur on the front tibia. Male distinguished from D. kesseli "by having indistinct vitta, the mesothorax, scutellum, and hind coxa fuscous, and t

Dialysis elongata

Identification: Major features include cell M3 absent and tergites with large black spot at base, with hind end blunt. Easily recognizable from all other Eastern species by having the fore and mid tibiae pale.

Dialysis rufithorax

Identification: Red thorax (top and sides), small black spots on top of abdominal segments 2-6 Easily distinguished from other Eastern species as it is the only one without dark bands on the abdomen.

Rachicerus obscuripennis

Identification: our only species with pectinate flagellomeres

Xylophagus decorus

Identification: Easily identified in Xylophagus ( Archimyia ) by the entirely pruinose frons, whereas the other two species have either partly pruinose and partly glossy, or entirely glossy frons.

Xylophagus reflectens

Identification: In Xylophagus ( Archimyia ), there is only one other species in the East, X. fulgidus . X. reflectans is easily distinguished from fulgidus by its pruinose and matte frons, whereas X. fulgidus has entirely glossy frons.