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Sciomyzoidea
Sciomyzoidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies. The families placed here include at least the following: * Coelopidae – seaweed flies * Dryomyzidae * Helcomyzidae * Helosciomyzidae * Heterocheilidae * Huttoninidae * Natalimyzidae * Phaeomyiidae * Ropalomeridae * Sciomyzidae – marsh flies, snail-killing flies (including Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae, Tetanoceridae) * Sepsidae The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having ... – scavenger flies References External links * Diptera superfamilies Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén {{Sciomyzoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterocheilidae
''Heterocheila'' is a genus of acalyptrate true flies (Diptera). They are placed in their own family, Heterocheilidae, in the superfamily Sciomyzoidea. They are not widely familiar outside entomological circles, but the common name "half-bridge flies" has been associated with them.McAlpine, D. K. 1991. Relationships of the genus Heterocheila (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea) with description of a new family. Tijdschr. Ent. 134: 193-199. [1991.12.18online/ref> They are medium-sized flies occurring mainly in temperate regions on seashores of the Northern Hemisphere, where they and their larvae typically feed on stranded kelp in the wrack zone. In this, they resemble Coelopidae, kelp flies, which are members of a different family, though the same superfamily. The family Heterocheilidae was established by McAlpine in 1991. He distinguished it from other families to which ''Heterocheila'' had hitherto been referred at various times and by various authorities – Helcomyzidae, Dryomyzidae an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acalyptratae
The Acalyptratae or Acalyptrata are a subsection of the Schizophora, which are a section of the order Diptera, the "true flies". In various contexts the Acalyptratae also are referred to informally as the acalyptrate muscoids, or acalyptrates, as opposed to the Calyptratae. All forms of the name refer to the lack of calypters in the members of this subsection of flies. An alternative name, Acalypterae is current, though in minority usage. It was first used by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1835 for a section of his tribe Muscides; he used it to refer to all acalyptrates plus scathophagids and phorids, but excluding Conopidae. The confusing forms of the names stem from their first usage; ''Acalyptratae'' and ''Acalyptrata'' actually are adjectival forms in New Latin. They were coined in the mid 19th century in contexts such as "Muscae Calyptratae and Acalyptratae" and "Diptera Acalyptrata", and the forms stuck. The Acalyptratae are a large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helosciomyzidae
The Helosciomyzidae are a small family of flies - 9 genera and 22 species. All are known from the Southern Hemisphere. With the exception of the South American genus '' Sciogriphoneura'', the family occurs in Australia, New Zealand. Little is known of their biology. Classification *'' Cobergius'' Barnes, 1981 :*'' C. vittata'' ( Macquart, 1851) *'' Dasysciomyza'' Barnes, 1981 :*'' D. setuligera'' ( Malloch, 1922) :*'' D. pseudosetuligera'' (Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928) *'' Eurotocus'' Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979 :*'' E. australis'' Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979 *'' Helosciomyza'' Hendel, 1917 :*'' H. fuscinervis'' ( Macquart, 1851) :*'' H. anaxantha'' Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979 :*'' H. australica'' Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979 :*'' H. ferruginea'' Hendel Hendel is a surname, and may refer to: * Frank B. Hendel (1892–1973), New York politician * Friedrich Georg Hendel (1874–1936), Austrian high school director and entomologist mainly interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ropalomeridae
The Ropalomeridae are a family of acalyptrate flies. Description Ropalomeridae are robust flies of body length, with a superficial resemblance to the Sarcophagidae in terms of body colour. The hind femora are conspicuously enlarged and the hind tibia is often laterally flattened and broadened and with broad, excavated vertex. Biology The biology of ropalomerid flies is little known, although they are thought to associated with rotting wood. Classification The Ropalomeridae currently comprise about 30 species distributed in 9 genera. '' Ropalomera'' is by far the largest genus of the family, with 15 known species. These nine genera belong to the family Ropalomeridae: * ''Acrocephalomyia'' Ibáñez-Bernal & Hernández-Ortiz, 2012 * '' Apophorhynchus'' Williston, 1895 * '' Dactylissa'' Fischer, 1932 * '' Kroeberia'' Linder, 1930 * '' Lenkokroeberia'' Prado, 1966 * '' Mexicoa'' Steyskal, 1947 * ''Rhytidops'' Lindner, 1930 * '' Ropalomera'' Wiedemann, 1824 * '' Willistoniella'' Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalimyzidae
''Natalimyza'' is a genus of flies placed in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ... Natalimyzidae and known as African grass flies. There are about 30 species in Africa which are found mainly in grasslands where their larvae are thought to feed on decaying plant material. They are small (less than long) yellow to brown and appear like flies in the families Chyromyidae or Opomyzidae, but differentiated by bristles on the head, having four fronto-orbital bristles. References {{taxonbar, from=Q5484956 Brachycera families Brachycera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imago
In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity. It follows the final ecdysis of the immature instars.Carpenter, Geo. H., The Life-Story of Insects. Cambridge University Press 1913. May be downloaded from: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16410 or https://archive.org/details/thelifestoryofin16410gut In a member of the Apterygota, Ametabola or Hemimetabolism, Hemimetabola, in which metamorphosis is "incomplete", the final ecdysis follows the last immature or ''Nymph (biology), nymphal'' stage. In members of the Endopterygota, Holometabola, in which there is a pupal stage, the final ecdysis follows emergence from the pupa, after which the metamorphosis is complete, although there is a prolonged period of maturation in some species. The imago is the only stage during which the insect is Sexual maturity, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepsidae
The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having a "waist" and glossy black body. Many Sepsidae have a curious wing-waving habit made more apparent by dark patches at the wing end. Many species have a very wide distribution, reflecting the coprophagous habit of most Sepsidae. Some species have been spread over large territories in association with livestock. Adult flies are found mostly on mammal excrement, including that of humans (less often on other rotting organic matter), where eggs are laid and larvae develop, and on nearby vegetation, carrion, fermenting tree sap, and shrubs and herbs. Many Sepsidae apparently play an important biological role as decomposers of mammal and other animal excrement. Some species may have a limited hygienic importance because of their association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helcomyzidae
The Helcomyzidae are a small family of flies in the Acalyptratae. The larvae feed on kelp and other organic matter washed up on shorelines. Species diversity is highest in New Zealand and south temperate South America. They are sometimes allied with the families Dryomyzidae or Coelopidae. Classification *Genus: '' Helcomyza'' Curtis, 1825 :*''Helcomyza mediterranea'' Loew, 1854 :*'' Helcomyza mirabilis'' Melander, 1920 :*'' Helcomyza ustulata'' Curtis, 1825 *Genus: '' Maorimyia'' Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928 :*'' Maorimyia bipunctata'' ( Hutton, 1901) *Genus: '' Paractora'' Bigot, 1888 :*'' Paractora angustata'' Malloch, 1933 :*'' Paractora antarctica'' ( Thomson, 1869) :*'' Paractora asymmetrica'' ( Enderlein, 1930) :*'' Paractora bipunctata'' ( Hutton, 1901) :*'' Paractora dreuxi'' Seguy, 1965 :*'' Paractora jeanneli'' Seguy, 1940 :*'' Paractora moseleyi'' ( Austen, 1913) :*'' Paractora rufipes'' ( Macquart, 1844) :*''Paractora trichosterna ''Paractora'' is a genus of flie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepedon Sphegea
''Sepedon sphegea'' is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. The larva feeds on aquatic snails and as an opportunist on other invertebrates.Neff S. E. & Berg C. O. 1966. Biology and immature stages of malacophagous diptera of the genus ''Sepedon'' (Sciomyzidae). ''Virginia Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin'', 566: 1-113. The habitat of this species includes among many others, pond margins and damp meadows. It has a particular fondness for ''Iris pseudacorus ''Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet ''pseudacorus'' means "false acorus", r ...'' which grow at the edges of the pond. Adults can be found all year long but the main flight period is from March to October. File:Sepedon sphegea - 2014-05-21.webm, thumbtime=1:51, ''Sepedon sphegea'' feeding o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
