Taxonomic Notes on the Soldier Fly Genus Odontomyia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Pakistan with a New Country Record

Abstract

The soldier fly genus Odontomyia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is revised from Pakistan. Two species are re-described and illustrated: Odontomyia ochropa Thomson, 1869 and Odontomyia solennis Walker, 1851. Of these, Odontomyia solennis is newly recorded for Pakistan. An illustrated key and a distributional map of these two species in Pakistan are provided.