Oscinellinae is a subfamily of frit flies in the family
Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtu ...
. There are at least 40 genera and 180 described species in Oscinellinae.
Genera
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Apallates''
Sabrosky, 1980
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Aphanotrigonum
''Aphanotrigonum'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usuall ...
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Duda
The Hungary, Hungarian duda (also known as ''tömlősíp'' and ''bőrduda'') is the traditional bagpipe of Hungary. It is an example of a group of bagpipes called Medio-Carparthian bagpipes.
Accounts are conflicting regarding the exact form of ...
, 1932
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Biorbitella''
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Cadrema''
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Calamoncosis
''Calamoncosis'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually ...
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Enderlein, 1911
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Ceratobarys''
Coquillett, 1929
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Chaetochlorops''
Malloch, 1914
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Conioscinella
''Conioscinella'' is a genus of fly in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very ...
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Duda
The Hungary, Hungarian duda (also known as ''tömlősíp'' and ''bőrduda'') is the traditional bagpipe of Hungary. It is an example of a group of bagpipes called Medio-Carparthian bagpipes.
Accounts are conflicting regarding the exact form of ...
, 1929
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Dasyopa''
Malloch, 1918
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Dicraeus''
Loew, 1873
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Elachiptera
''Elachiptera'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are about 18 described species in ''Elachiptera''.
Species
*'' Elachiptera angusta'' Sabrosky, 1948
*'' Elachiptera angustifrons'' Sabrosky, 1948
*'' Elachiptera angustis ...
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Macquart, 1835
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Enderleiniella''
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Eribolus
''Eribolus'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually ve ...
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Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...
, 1910
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Eugaurax
''Eugaurax'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually ver ...
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Gampsocera
''Gampsocera'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very s ...
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Schiner, 1862
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Gaurax
''Gaurax'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae.
Species
*'' G. apicalis'' Malloch, 915
*'' G. atrilinea'' Sabrosky, 1951
*'' G. atripalpus'' Sabrosky, 1951
*'' G. basitarsalis'' Sabrosky, 1951
*'' G. borealis'' (Duda, 1933)
*'' G. ...
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Loew, 1863
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Goniaspis''
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Goniopsita''
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Hapleginella
''Hapleginella'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very ...
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Duda
The Hungary, Hungarian duda (also known as ''tömlősíp'' and ''bőrduda'') is the traditional bagpipe of Hungary. It is an example of a group of bagpipes called Medio-Carparthian bagpipes.
Accounts are conflicting regarding the exact form of ...
, 1933
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Hippelates
''Hippelates'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae and are often referred to as eye gnats or eye flies (the name is also used for members of the Old World genus '' Siphunculina'').
Description
They are very small ( long) flies that fr ...
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Incertella
''Incertella'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Chloropidae.
References
Europe
Oscinellinae
Chloropidae genera
Taxa named by Curtis Williams Sabrosky
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Sabrosky, 1980
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Lasiambia''
Sabrosky, 1941
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Lasiochaeta''
Corti, 1909
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Lasiopleura''
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Liohippelates'' (eye gnats)
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Lipara
Lipari (; ) is a ''comune'' including six of seven islands of the Aeolian Islands (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi) and it is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, Southern Italy; it is admin ...
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Meigen, 1830
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Meijerella''
Sabrosky
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Melanochaeta''
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Microcercis''
Beschovski, 1978
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Monochaetoscinella''
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Neoscinella''
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Olcella''
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Onychaspidium''
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Opetiophora''
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Oscinella''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...
, 1909
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Oscinimorpha''
Lioy, 1864
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Oscinisoma''
Lioy, 1864
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Oscinoides''
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Polyodaspis''
Duda
The Hungary, Hungarian duda (also known as ''tömlősíp'' and ''bőrduda'') is the traditional bagpipe of Hungary. It is an example of a group of bagpipes called Medio-Carparthian bagpipes.
Accounts are conflicting regarding the exact form of ...
, 1933
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Pseudogaurax'' (parasitic chloropid flies)
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Pseudopachychaeta''
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Psilacrum''
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Rhodesiella''
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Rhopalopterum''
Duda
The Hungary, Hungarian duda (also known as ''tömlősíp'' and ''bőrduda'') is the traditional bagpipe of Hungary. It is an example of a group of bagpipes called Medio-Carparthian bagpipes.
Accounts are conflicting regarding the exact form of ...
, 1929
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Sacatonia''
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Siphonella''
Macquart, 1835
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Siphunculina''
Rondani, 1856
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Speccafrons''
Sabrosky, 1980
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Stenoscinis''
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Trachysiphonella''
Enderlein, 1936
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Tricimba''
Lioy, 1864
References
Further reading
* Jr, Ross H. Arnett (28 July 2000)
''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Second Edition''.CRC Press. .
External links
Diptera.info
Brachycera subfamilies
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