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Otitidae
The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, along with members of other families in the superfamily Tephritoidea that have patterns of bands or spots on the wings. Some species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated posteroapical projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Two species, ''Tetanops myopaeformis'' and '' Euxesta stigmatias'', are agricultural pests. Systematics The Ulidiidae are divided into two subfamilies. Subfamily Otitinae ;Tribe Cephaliini Schiner, 1864 :*''Acrostictella'' Hendel, 1914 :*''Cephalia'' Meigen, 1826 :*''Delphinia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :*''Myiomyrmica'' Steyskal, 1961 :*''Myrmecothea'' Hendel, 1910 :*''Proteseia'' Korneyev & Hernandes, 1998 :*''Pterotaenia'' Rondani, ...
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Otitinae
Otitinae is the name of a subfamily of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It was formerly the Otitidae. Like the Ulidiinae, most species are herbivorous or saprophagous. Most species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Most are dull gray to shiny brown or black flies with vein R1 setulose or, in a few cases, bare. Tribes and genera *Tribe Cephaliini :*'' Acrostictella'' Hendel, 1914 :*''Cephalia'' Meigen, 1826 :*''Delphinia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :*''Myiomyrmica'' Steyskal, 1961 :*''Myrmecothea'' Hendel, 1910 :*''Proteseia'' Korneyev & Hernandes, 1998 :*''Pterotaenia'' Rondani, 1868 :*'' Tritoxa'' Loew, 1873 *Tribe Myennidini :*''Acatochaeta'' Enderlein, 1921 :*'' Arborotites'' Barraclough, 2000 :*'' Callopistromyia'' Hendel, 1907 :*'' Dyscrasis'' Aldrich, 1932 :*'' Myennis'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :*'' Namibotites'' Barraclough, 2000 :*'' Neodyscrasis' ...
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Tephritoidea
The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. It has over 7,800 species, the majority of them in family Tephritidae. The following families are included: * Ctenostylidae * Eurygnathomyiidae * Lonchaeidae - lance flies * Pallopteridae — flutter flies * Piophilidae — skippers * Platystomatidae — signal flies * Pyrgotidae * Richardiidae * Tephritidae — fruit flies * Ulidiidae (Otitidae) — picture-winged flies The Tachiniscinae, formerly ranked as the family Tachiniscidae, are now included in the Tephritidae. Description Tephritoidea are generally rather hairy flies with setae weakly differentiated. They have the following synapomorphies: male tergum 6 strongly reduced or absent; surstylus or medial surstylus with toothlike prensisetae (in Piophilidae only in one genus); female sterna 4-6 with anterior rodlike apodemes; female tergosternum 7 consisting of two portions, the anterior forming a tubular oviscape and the posterior consisting of two pairs of longitudinal taenia ...
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Delphinia (fly)
''Delphinia picta'' is a species of picture-winged fly in the family Ulidiidae. The specific name ''picta'' is from Latin and means "painted." It is the only species in the monospecific genus ''Delphinia''. It is found in the United States on the East Coast and in the Midwest from Florida to Maine across to Kansas through Minnesota but also can be found in Mexico and El Salvador. It is sometimes mistaken for a species of fruit fly, but ''D. picta'' do not feed on living plant matter, as they are detritivores and eat decaying plant matter. They also have been observed eating fermenting frass from ''Megacyllene robiniae'' on black locust trees. They can be found almost anywhere there is decaying vegetation: landfills, temperate deciduous forests, swamps, and even shaded fields. Description The best way to identify the species is by the distinct pattern on its wings, which are shiny and dark brown with a hyaline background. Its body is about 7mm long with a black abdomen and a l ...
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Callopistromyia Annulipes France
''Callopistromyia'' is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo .... Species *'' Callopistromyia annulipes'' ( Macquart, 1855) *'' Callopistromyia strigula'' ( Loew, 1873) References Ulidiidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Friedrich Georg Hendel Diptera of North America {{Ulidiidae-stub ...
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Cephaliini
Cephaliini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae. Genera *'' Acrostictella'' Hendel, 1914 *'' Cephalia'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Delphinia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *''Myiomyrmica'' Steyskal, 1961 *''Myrmecothea ''Myrmecothea'' is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are h ...'' Hendel, 1910 *'' Proteseia'' Korneyev & Hernandes, 1998 *'' Pterotaenia'' Rondani, 1868 *'' Tritoxa'' Loew, 1873 References Ulidiidae Diptera tribes Taxa named by Ignaz Rudolph Schiner Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Diptera of Europe {{ulidiidae-stub ...
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Myiomyrmica
''Myiomyrmica'' is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo .... Species *'' Myiomyrmica fenestrata'' ( Coquillett, 1900) References Ulidiidae Brachycera genera Diptera of North America Monotypic Brachycera genera Taxa named by George C. Steyskal {{ulidiidae-stub ...
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Tritoxa Incurva
''Tritoxa incurva'' is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus '' Tritoxa'' of the family Ulidiidae. The flies are about 6–8 mm long. They have bold wing pattern and rusty-brown coloration, at least in the east. They live in eastern United States, and can be found in grassy meadows from May till October. Distribution United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... Bibliography # Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America; Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.; See color photograph-496.6 # Insects of North Carolina; C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. p. 381 References Ulidiidae Diptera of North America Taxa named by Hermann Loew Insects ...
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Friedrich Georg Hendel
Friedrich Georg Hendel (14 December 1874- 26 June 1936) was an Austrian high school director and entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He described very many new species and made important contributions to the higher taxonomy of the Diptera. He was born in Vienna and died in Baden bei Wien. His collection is in the Vienna Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum .... Works Selection 1908-1914 *1908 Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes (Diptera L.), d’après un plan tout nouveau par J. G. Meigen, Paris, an VIII (1800 v.s.). ''Mit einem Kommentar. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges.Wien'' 58: 43-69. *1910 Über die Nomenklatur der Acalyptratengattungen nach Th. Beckers Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren, Bd. 4. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 29: 307-313. * ...
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Cephalia
''Cephalia'' is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae. Species *'' Cephalia flavoscutellata'' 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 the ..., 1900 *'' Cephalia rufipes'' Meigen, 1826 References Ulidiidae Brachycera genera Diptera of North America Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen {{Ulidiidae-stub ...
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Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. They ran a small shop in Solingen. His paternal grandparents, however, owned an estate and hamlet with twenty houses. Adding to the rental income, Meigen's grandfather was a farmer and a guild mastercutler in Solingen. Two years after Meigen was born, his grandparents died and his parents moved to the family estate. This was already heavily indebted by the Seven Years' War, then bad crops and rash speculations forced the sale of the farm and the family moved back to Solingen. Meigen attended the town school but only for a short time. He had learned to read and write on his grandfather's estate and he read widely at home as well as taking an interest in natural history. A lodge ...
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Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1 January 1799 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye – 25 June 1857 in Paris) was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera (flies) and to some extent of the Coleoptera (beetles). Achievements Because he worked on difficult to identify flies (specifically the Schizophora), the existing descriptions of which were poor, and because he had few contacts, many of the new species he described were already named. Also he was over reliant on colour and pattern as characters, and this led to his improperly defining species. He also worked on too many species. Much later criticism ensued but it must be remembered that he was an early worker and, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, French scientists were unduly criticised for nationalistic reasons. Very many of his generic and species names survive. In all these respects, as well as his genuine love of entomology and boundless enthusiasm, Robineau-Desvoidy is remini ...
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