Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order DIPTERA

Family XYLOMYIDAE

(Xylomyid Flies)

(Table of Species)

Perhaps three species of Xylomyid Flies (10 NA spp) have been collected including: Xylomya spp and Solva pallipes. The larvae of the Xylophagidae and Xylomyidae are reported to occur in rotten wood in woodlands.


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