Hoplitimyia James, 1934

Woodley, Norman E., 2008, Two new Stratiomyinae, including Panamamyia gen. nov., from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), Zootaxa 1701 (1), pp. 29-39 : 30

Genus Hoplitimyia James

Hoplitimyia James, 1934: 443 . Type species, Stratiomys constans Loew , by original designation.

Remarks. Hoplitimyia is a distinctive genus of soldier flies similar to Stratiomys Geoffroy , but its species are generally smaller and slightly more slender in general habitus. The genus ranges from the southern United States south to Argentina. All of the species resemble dark vespoid, particularly polybiine, wasps in having elongate antennae and a dark costal region of the wing. They differ from Stratiomys in having the face rounded in lateral view, and having the antennal flagellum spindle-shaped rather than cylindrical. There are ten described species that are considered valid ( Woodley, 2001), but it is likely that additional synonymies exist because the species have been defined by color patterns that are quite variable in at least some of the species.