List of soldierflies and allies of Great Britain

The following is a list of the larger Brachycera recorded in Britain, this includes the soldierflies and their allies.

Family Xylophagidae

 * Xylophagus ater - common awl-fly
 * Xylophagus cinctus - red-belted awl-fly
 * Xylophagus junki - Glenmore awl-fly

Family Athericidae

 * Atherix ibis - yellow-legged water-snipefly
 * Atherix marginata - black-legged water-snipefly
 * Atrichops crassipes - least water-snipefly

Family Rhagionidae

 * Chrysopilus asiliformis - little snipefly
 * Chrysopilus cristatus - black snipefly
 * Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus - silver-banded snipefly
 * Chrysopilus laetus - tree snipefly
 * Ptiolina nigra - pale-fringed moss-snipefly
 * Ptiolina obscura - black-fringe moss-snipefly
 * Rhagio annulatus - wood snipefly
 * Rhagio lineola - small fleck-winged snipefly
 * Rhagio notatus - large fleck-winged snipefly
 * Rhagio scolopaceus - downlooker snipefly
 * Rhagio strigosus - yellow downlooker snipefly
 * Rhagio tringarius - marsh snipefly
 * Spania nigra - liverwort snipefly
 * Symphoromyia crassicornis - moorland snipefly
 * Symphoromyia immaculata - limestone snipefly

Subfamily Chrysopsinae

 * Chrysops caecutiens - splayed deerfly
 * Chrysops relictus - twin-lobed deerfly
 * Chrysops sepulcralis - black deerfly
 * Chrysops viduatus - square-spot deerfly

Subfamily Tabaninae

 * Haematopota bigoti - big-spotted cleg
 * Haematopota crassicornis - black-horned cleg
 * Haematopota grandis - long-horned cleg
 * Haematopota pluvialis - horse fly, cleg fly or cleg, sometimes notch-horned cleg
 * Haematopota subcylindrica - Levels cleg
 * Atylotus fulvus - golden horsefly
 * Atylotus latistriatus - saltmarsh horsefly
 * Atylotus plebeius - Cheshire horsefly
 * Atylotus rusticus - four-lined horsefly
 * Hybomitra bimaculata - hairy-legged horsefly
 * Hybomitra ciureai - Levels yellow-horned horsefly
 * Hybomitra distinguenda - bright horsefly
 * Hybomitra expollicata - striped horsefly
 * Hybomitra lurida - broad-headed horsefly
 * Hybomitra micans - black-legged horsefly
 * Hybomitra montana - slender-horned horsefly
 * Hybomitra muehlfeldi - broadland horsefly
 * Hybomitra solstitialis - scarce forest horsefly
 * Tabanus autumnalis - large marsh horsefly
 * Tabanus bovinus - pale giant horsefly
 * Tabanus bromius - band-eyed brown horsefly
 * Tabanus cordiger - plain-eyed grey horsefly
 * Tabanus glaucopsis - downland horsefly
 * Tabanus maculicornis - narrow-winged horsefly
 * Tabanus miki - plain-eyed brown horsefly
 * Tabanus sudeticus - dark giant horsefly

Family Xylomyidae

 * Solva marginata - drab wood-soldierfly
 * Solva varia (Meigen, 1820)
 * Xylomya maculata - wasp wood-soldierfly

Subfamily Beridinae

 * Beris chalybata - murky-legged black legionnaire
 * Beris clavipes - scarce orange legionnaire
 * Beris fuscipes - short-horned black legionnaire
 * Beris geniculata - long-horned black legionnaire
 * Beris morrisii - yellow-legged black legionnaire
 * Beris vallata - common orange legionnaire
 * Chorisops nagatomii - bright four-spined legionnaire
 * Chorisops tibialis - dull four-spined legionnaire

Subfamily Clitellariinae

 * Clitellaria ephippium

Subfamily Nemotelinae

 * Nemotelus nigrinus - all-black snout
 * Nemotelus notatus - flecked snout
 * Nemotelus pantherinus - fen snout
 * Nemotelus uliginosus - barred snout

Subfamily Pachygastrinae

 * Eupachygaster tarsalis - sarce black
 * Neopachygaster meromelaena - silver-strips black
 * Pachygaster atra - dark-winged black
 * Pachygaster leachii - yellow-legged black
 * Zabrachia tenella - pine black

Subfamily Sarginae

 * Chloromyia formosa - broad centurion
 * Microchrysa cyaneiventris - black gem
 * Microchrysa flavicornis - green gem
 * Microchrysa polita - black-horned gem
 * Sargus bipunctatus - twin-spot centurion
 * Sargus cuprarius - clouded centurion
 * Sargus flavipes - yellow-legged centurion
 * Sargus iridatus - iridescent centurion

Tribe Oxycerini

 * Oxycera analis - dark-winged soldier
 * Oxycera dives - round-spotted major
 * Oxycera fallenii - Irish major
 * Oxycera leonina - twin-spotted major
 * Oxycera morrisii - white-barred soldier
 * Oxycera nigricornis - delicate soldier
 * Oxycera pardalina - hill soldier
 * Oxycera pygmaea - pygmy soldier
 * Oxycera rara - four-barred major
 * Oxycera terminata - yellow-tipped soldier
 * Oxycera trilineata - three-lined soldier
 * Vanoyia tenuicornis - long-horned soldier

Tribe Stratiomyini

 * Odontomyia angulata - orange-horned green colonel
 * Odontomyia argentata - silver colonel
 * Odontomyia hydroleon - barred green colonel
 * Odontomyia ornata - ornate brigadier
 * Odontomyia tigrina - black colonel
 * Oplodontha viridula - common green colonel
 * Stratiomys chamaeleon - clubbed general
 * Stratiomys longicornis - long-horned general
 * Stratiomys potamida - banded general
 * Stratiomys singularior - flecked general

Family Acroceridae

 * Ogcodes gibbosus - smart-banded hunchback
 * Ogcodes pallipes - black-rimmed hunchback
 * Paracrocera orbiculus - top-horned hunchback

Subfamily Bombyliinae

 * Bombylius canescens - western bee-fly
 * Bombylius discolor - dotted bee-fly
 * Bombylius major - dark-edged bee-fly
 * Bombylius minor - heath bee-fly

Subfamily Exoprosopinae

 * Thyridanthrax fenestratus - mottled bee-fly
 * Villa cingulata - downland villa
 * Villa modesta - dune villa
 * Villa venusta - heath villa

Subfamily Phthiriinae

 * Phthiria pulicaria - flea bee-fly

Family Therevidae

 * Acrosathe annulata - coastal silver-stiletto
 * Cliorismia rustica - southern silver-stiletto
 * Dialineura anilis - swollen silver-stiletto
 * Pandivirilia melaleuca - forest silver-stiletto
 * Spiriverpa lunulata - northern silver-stiletto
 * Thereva cinifera - large plain stiletto
 * Thereva fulva - small plain stiletto
 * Thereva handlirschi - golden Scottish stiletto
 * Thereva inornata - light Scottish stiletto
 * Thereva nobilitata - common stiletto
 * Thereva plebeja - crochet-hooked stiletto
 * Thereva strigata - cliff stiletto
 * Thereva unica - twin-spot stiletto synonym bipunctata
 * Thereva valida - dark northern stiletto

Family Scenopinidae

 * Scenopinus fenestralis - house windowfly
 * Scenopinus niger - forest windowfly

Subfamily Asilinae

 * Asilus crabroniformis - hornet robberfly
 * Dysmachus trigonus - fan-bristled robberfly
 * Eutolmus rufibarbis - golden-tabbed robberfly
 * Machimus arthriticus - breck robberfly
 * Machimus atricapillus - kite-tailed robberfly
 * Machimus cingulatus - brown heath robberfly
 * Machimus cowini - Manx robber fly
 * Machimus rusticus - downland robberfly
 * Neoitamus cothurnatus - scarce awl robberfly
 * Neoitamus cyanurus - common awl robberfly
 * Neomochtherus pallipes - Devon red-legged robberfly
 * Pamponerus germanicus - pied-winged robberfly
 * Philonicus albiceps - dune robberfly
 * Rhadiurgus variabilis - northern robberfly

Subfamily Dasypogoninae

 * Leptarthrus brevirostris - slender-footed robberfly
 * Leptarthrus vitripennis - false slender-footed robberfly

Subfamily Laphriinae

 * Choerades gilvus - ginger robberfly
 * Choerades marginata - golden-haired robberfly
 * Laphria flava - bumblebee robberfly

Subfamily Leptogastrinae

 * Leptogaster cylindrica - striped slender robberfly
 * Leptogaster guttiventris - dashed slender robberfly

Subfamily Stenopogoninae

 * Dioctria atricapilla - violet black-legged robberfly
 * Dioctria baumhaueri - stripe-legged robberfly
 * Dioctria cothurnata - scarce red-legged robberfly
 * Dioctria linearis - small yellow-legged robberfly
 * Dioctria oelandica - orange-legged robberfly
 * Dioctria rufipes - common red-legged robberfly
 * Lasiopogon cinctus - spring heath robberfly