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Oestroidea
Oestroidea is a superfamily (zoology), superfamily of Calyptratae that includes the Calliphoridae, blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives. It occurs worldwide and has about 15,000 described species. Evolution and phylogeny The earliest known fossil of Oestroidea is of a Mesembrinellidae found in Dominican amber from the Miocene. The Oestroidea in general are believed to have originated 48.2 million years ago. The superfamily includes the families: *Calliphoridae *Mesembrinellidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae) *New Zealand bat fly, Mystacinobiidae *Botfly, Oestridae *Polleniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae) *Rhiniidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae) *Flesh fly, Sarcophagidae *Tachinidae *Ulurumyiidae Historically, Oestroidea was considered the sister group to Muscoidea. A 2012 molecular analysis placed Oestroidea within a paraphyletic Muscoidea, and also confirmed the monophyly of Oestroidea and of most of its families (except Calliphoridae) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembrinella Caenozoica Sp
''Mesembrinella'' is a genus of Neotropical flies in the family Mesembrinellidae, and formerly placed in the Calliphoridae. Species *''Mesembrinella aeneiventris'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) *''Mesembrinella andina'' (Wolff, Bonatto & Carvalho, 2014) *''Mesembrinella anomala'' (Guimarães, 1977) *''Mesembrinella apollinaris'' Séguy, 1925 *''Mesembrinella batesi'' Aldrich, 1922 *''Mesembrinella bellardiana'' Aldrich, 1922 *''Mesembrinella bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1805) *''Mesembrinella bolivar'' (Bonatto, 2005) *'' Mesembrinella brunnipes'' Surcouf, 1919 *''Mesembrinella bullata'' Whitworth, 2019 *†''Mesembrinella caenozoica'' Cerretti ''et al.'', 2017 *''Mesembrinella carvalhoi'' (Wolff, Ramos-Pastrana & Pujol-Luz, 2013) *''Mesembrinella chantryi'' Whitworth, 2019 *''Mesembrinella confusa'' Séguy, 1925 *''Mesembrinella cordillera'' (Wolff & Ramos-Pastrana, 2017) *''Mesembrinella currani'' Guimarães, 1977 *''Mesembrinella cyaneicincta'' ( Surcouf, 1919) *''Mesembrinella decrepita'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembrinellidae
Mesembrinellidae is a family of Neotropical flies in the order Diptera, and formerly included in the Calliphoridae. There are 36 described species. Taxonomy *Subfamily Laneellinae Guimarães, 1977 :*''Laneella'' Mello, 1967 ::*'' Laneella fusconitida'' Whitworth, 2019 ::*'' Laneella fuscosquamata'' Whitworth, 2019 ::*'' Laneella nigripes'' Guimarães, 1977 ::*''Laneella patriciae'' (Wolff, 2013) ::*'' Laneella perisi'' (Mariluis, 1987) ::*''Laneella purpurea'' Whitworth, 2019 *Subfamily Mesembrinellinae Giglio-Tos, 1893 :*'' Mesembrinella'' Giglio-Tos, 1893 ::*'' Mesembrinella aeneiventris'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) ::*'' Mesembrinella andina'' (Wolff, Bonatto & Carvalho, 2014) ::*'' Mesembrinella anomala'' (Guimarães, 1977) ::*'' Mesembrinella apollinaris'' Séguy, 1925 ::*'' Mesembrinella batesi'' Aldrich, 1922 ::*'' Mesembrinella bellardiana'' Aldrich, 1922 ::*'' Mesembrinella bicolor'' ( Fabricius, 1805) ::*'' Mesembrinella bolivar'' (Bonatto, 2005) ::*'' Mesembrinella brunni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulurumyiidae
''Ulurumyia macalpinei'' is a species of fly in the superfamily Oestroidea endemic to Australia. It is the only species of genus ''Ulurumyia'', which in turn is the only genus of family Ulurumyiidae, making the latter two taxa monotypic. It was first discovered in the 1970s, but was not described until 2017, and in the intervening decades was informally known to entomologists as McAlpine's fly. It breeds in dung and is said to be clearly distinct from other oestroid families but its exact position within the superfamily has not been determined with certainty. The genus name ''Ulurumyia'' is derived from the Australian monolith Uluru Uluru (; ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It outcrop, crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, south-west of Alice Spri ... (also known as Ayers Rock) and from ''myia'', the Greek word for fly; the species name ''macalpinei'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Bat Fly
The New Zealand bat fly (''Mystacinobia zelandica'') is a small, wingless insect which lives in a commensal relationship with the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat. It is a true fly, in the order Diptera, placed in its own genus, ''Mystacinobia'', and its own family, Mystacinobiidae. Although many other species of bat fly exist throughout the world, the New Zealand bat fly is endemic to the islands of New Zealand.Gibbs, George. (2008). ''Ghosts of Gondwana''. Craig Potton Publishing: Auckland. p16 Unlike other similar looking bat flies, this species is not a parasite and is only phoretic, feeding on bat guano. It appears to be the only insect, parasitic or otherwise, which lives with these bats (fleas, for example, which are common on many other species of bat, are unknown on the short-tailed bat). Description New Zealand bat flies are approximately 4–9 mm long,Ballance, A. and Morris R. (2008). ''Rare Wildlife of New Zealand''. Random House. p39 wingless in both sexes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calyptratae
Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora in the insect order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter that covers the halteres, among which are some of the most familiar of all flies, such as the house fly. About 18,000 described species are in this group, or about 12% of all the flies yet described. Subsection *Superfamily Muscoidea *: Anthomyiidae - cabbage flies *: Fanniidae *: Muscidae - house flies *: Scathophagidae - dung flies *Superfamily Oestroidea *: Calliphoridae *: Mystacinobiidae *:Oestridae *: Rhinophoridae *: Sarcophagidae *: Tachinidae *: Ulurumyiidae *Superfamily Hippoboscoidea *: Glossinidae *: Hippoboscidae *:Nycteribiidae *: Streblidae The Mormotomyiidae belong to the Ephydroidea and not to Hippoboscoidea as previously construed. The Streblidae are probably not monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarcophaga Bercaea
''Sarcophaga'' is a genus of true flies and the type genus of the flesh-fly family ( Sarcophagidae). The members of this cosmopolitan genus are frequently known as common flesh flies. There are more than 1000 species in ''Sarcophaga''. This genus occurs essentially worldwide. These flies are generally well-sized and of a greyish color; like many of their relatives, the typical patterns are lengthwise darker stripes on the thorax and dark and light square dots on the abdomen. Many have conspicuous red compound eyes. These are set further apart in females than in males; the females are also larger on average. As typical for this family, it is almost impossible to tell the species apart from their outward appearance, and many can only be reliably identified by microscopic examination of the males' genitalia. As the common name implies, their larvae typically feed on decaying meat. Some, however, instead eat the bacteria and other small organisms living on carrion. Many species ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polleniidae
Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain. The largest genus is '' Pollenia'', with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies". The family Polleniidae has been considered a subfamily of Calliphoridae in the past, containing various genera and species. As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the subfamily Polleniinae was elevated to family rank by Cerretti, et al., in 2019, and assigned the genera listed below. Genera *'' Alvamaja'' Rognes, 2010 *'' Dexopollenia'' Townsend, 1917 *'' Melanodexia'' Williston, 1893 *'' Morinia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *'' Pollenia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (cluster flies) *'' Xanthotryxus'' Aldrich, 1930 Incertae sedis or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bot Flies
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. ''Dermatobia hominis'' is the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely, though other species of flies cause myiasis in humans. General A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals. Largely according to species, they also are known variously as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies. The larvae of some species grow in the flesh of their hosts, while others grow within the hosts' alimentary tracts. The word "bot" in this sense means a maggot. A warble is a skin lump or callus such as might be caused by an ill-fitting harness, or by the presence of a warble fly mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all Zoogeography, zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America. Taxonomy Just like that of all Diptera, the taxonomy of Tachinidae is complex. The name Tachinidae was first validly proposed by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830, but in the form "Tachinariae." Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 thus has priority despite the name correction, and this applies to Tachinidae (for the family) and to Tachininae (for the subfamily), in accordance with the ICZN rules on the formation of group names (Article 36.1). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscoidea
Muscoidea is a superfamily of flies in the subsection Calyptratae. Muscoidea, with approximately 7000 described species, is nearly 5% of the known species level diversity of the Diptera, the true flies. Most muscoid flies are saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous as larvae, but some species are parasitic, predatory, or phytophagous. In September 2008, a study was done on the superfamily using both nucleic and mitochondrial DNA and the conclusion suggested that Muscoidea may actually be paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co .... References Diptera superfamilies {{Muscoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
