page_title: Actina
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Actina / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Soldier fly, Actina viridis. New River Gorge Bridge, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA. https://bugguide.net/node/view/391757
context_page_description: Actina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
context_section_description: There are 16 species.
  A. acutula Yang, 1991
  A. apicalis (Frey, 1960)
  A. chaliboea Macquart, 1826
  A. chalybea Meigen, 1804
  A. diadema Lindner, 1936
  A. fraterna (Frey, 1960)
  A. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1916)
  A. maculipennis Yang & Nagatomi, 1992
  A. soldatowi Pleske, 1928
  A. spatulata Yang & Nagatomi, 1992
  A. varipes Lindner, 1940
  A. viridis (Say, 1824)
  A. xizangensis Yang & Nagatomi, 1992
caption: Actina viridis
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