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Scenopinidae
The Scenopinidae or window flies are a small (about 400 described species) family of flies (Diptera), distributed worldwide. In buildings, they are often taken at windows, hence the common name window flies. The two species with cosmopolitan distributions are associated with the movement of trade goods ('' Scenopinus fenestralis'' and ''S. glabrifrons''). Very little is known of the larval biology; larvae have been found associated with stored-grain pests, in nests of birds and rodents, in beetle larvae burrows in trees and shrubs, and in association with therevid larvae in soil. They may be predators of the larvae of other insects. Adults have sponging mouthparts and are found on open flowers. Description The adults are small insects, usually with the body no longer than 5 mm, glabrous or slightly hairy and with blackish livery. The head is holoptic in the males of most species, and dichoptic in females. It is provided with three ocelli. The pendulous antennae are compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metatrichia
''Metatrichia'' is a genus of window flies in the family Scenopinidae. Species *'' Metatrichia asiatica'' Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1999 *'' Metatrichia barbata'' Ale-Rocha & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2021 *'' Metatrichia bilituna'' Kelsey, 1981 *'' Metatrichia brunnipennis'' Ale-Rocha & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2021 *'' Metatrichia bulbosa'' ( Osten Sacken, 1877) *'' Metatrichia clausa'' ( Loew, 1873) *'' Metatrichia deserticola'' Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1999 *'' Metatrichia freidbergi'' Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1999 *'' Metatrichia griseola'' (Coquillett, 1900) *'' Metatrichia lophyrosoma'' (Speiser, 1920) *''Metatrichia mongolica'' Kelsey, 1981 *'' Metatrichia nigeriana'' Kelsey, 1984 *'' Metatrichia palaestinensis'' ( Kröber, 1937) *''Metatrichia papuana'' Kelsey, 1970 *''Metatrichia pria'' Yeates & Grimaldi, 1993 *''Metatrichia robusta'' Kröber, 1913 *''Metatrichia stevensoni'' ( Bezzi, 1925) *''Metatrichia thailandica ''Metatrichia'' is a genus of window flies in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scenopinus Fenestralis
''Scenopinus fenestralis'', the window fly, is a member of the Scenopinidae family of flies, found in Europe, including Central Europe and Southern England. It is somewhat inactive, small and black, and tends to be found resting on the windows of old buildings and outhouses. Its larvae are notable for feeding on the larvae of clothes moths and flea Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, a ...s, though they also eat other insects. References * External links House Windowfly (''Scenopinus fenestralis'') Wild About Denmark {{Taxonbar, from=Q7430823 Scenopinidae Asilomorph flies of Europe Flies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyliidae
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects. Overview The Bombyliidae are a large family of flies comprising hundreds of genera, but the life cycles of most species are known poorly, or not at all. They range in size from very small (2 mm in length) to very large for flies (wingspan of some 40 mm).Hull, Frank Montgomery, Bee flies of the world: the genera of the family Bombyliidae Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press 1973 . Downloadable from: https://archive.org/details/beefliesofworl2861973hull When at rest, many species hold their wings at a characteristic "swept back" angle. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators, often with spectacularly long proboscises adapted to plants such as ''Lapeirousia'' species with very long, narrow floral tubes. Unlike butterflies, bee flies hold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therevidae
The Therevidae are a family of flies of the superfamily Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semiarid regions with sandy soils. The larvae are predators of insect larvae in soil. Description Adult Therevidae are small- to medium-sized with a body length of 2.4 to 18 mm and a hairy integument. The coloration ranges from shades of yellow to black, but commonly the background colour is masked by the tomentum. The compound eyes are generally larger in males, which in many species are actually holoptic. Females have well-developed compound eyes, but are clearly dichoptic. There are three ocelli. The antennae are relatively short. The scape is elongated, the pedicel very short, and the first flagellomere is conical and elongated, the apex bearing a compound stylus with one to three segments. The scape and pedicel are pubescent; In contrast to the related and confusingly similar family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
