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Stratiomyini
soldier flies
Stratiomyini is a tribe of soldier flies (family Stratiomyidae) characterized by adults with strikingly patterned eyes that often display horizontal banding. Members of this tribe are frequently wasp- or bee-mimics in appearance. The tribe includes genera such as Odontomyia, Psellidotus, and Hedriodiscus. Larvae of the subfamily Stratiomyinae, which includes Stratiomyini, are aquatic.