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Oreoleptis
Oreoleptidae is a family of flies (insects in the order Diptera). The family was established in 2005 on the basis of the type species ''Oreoleptis torrenticola'' placed in the monotypic genus ''Oreoleptis''. The only known species was collected from the Rocky Mountains where the larvae grow in torrential streams. Larvae have also been found in groundwater wells. The larvae are similar to those of Athericidae and Tabanidae but with long crocheted false-legs (prolegs) arising from abdominal segments 2-7. The larvae have hollow mandibular hooks. The aberrant larvae had been collected in the past in the United States and considered as Athericids but entomologists had been unable to identify the adult stage until 2005 when adults were reared from larvae. The adults were found very similar to Pelecorhynchidae Pelecorhynchidae is a small family of flies. All of the genera were originally placed in the family Rhagionidae, and their elevation to family rank has been controversial. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabanoidea
Superfamily Tabanoidea are insects in the order Diptera. Systematics Tabanoidea *Family Athericidae :*Sunfamily Dasyommatinae ::*Genus ''Dasyomma'' Macquart, 1840 :*Sunfamily Dasyommatinae ::*Genus ''Asuragina'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 ::*Genus ''Atherix'' Meigen, 1803 ::*Genus ''Atrichops'' Verrall, 1909 ::*Genus ''Microphora'' Krober, 1840 ::*Genus ''Pachybates'' Bezzi, 1926 ::*Genus '' Suragina'' Walker, 1858 ::*Genus '' Suraginella'' Stuckenberg, 2000 ::*Genus ''Trichacantha'' Stuckenberg, 1955 ::*Genus ''Xeritha'' Stuckenberg, 1966 ::*Genus '' Athericites'' Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003 ::*Genus '' Succinatherix'' Stuckenberg, 1974 Baltic amber, Eocene *Family Oreoleptidae :*Genus '' Oreoleptis'' Zloty, Sinclair, & Pritchard, 2005 *Family Pelecorhynchidae :*Genus '' Pelecorhynchus'' Macquart, 1850 :*Genus '' Glutops'' Burgess, 1878 :*Genus '' Pseudoerinna'' , 1932 *Family Tabanidae :*Subfamily Adersiinae ::*Genus ''Adersia'' Austen, 1912 :*Subfamily Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athericidae
Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of Athericidae are found worldwide. Ecology The adults mostly feed on nectar but some species feed on mammal blood. Hematophagy has been demonstrated in adult ''Suragina'' and ''Suraginella'' and is suspected in other genera. Larvae do not feed in the first instar; after first molting, they become predatory. Larvae typically prey on invertebrates or are saprophagous. The larvae have distinctive morphology. Their head capsule is well developed dorsally, and they have long abdominal prolegs with crocheted hooks. These structures help the larvae move without being washed away in their preferred larval habitat, fast-flowing montane streams and torrents. The larvae are predators of other aquatic invertebrates such as caddisflies. Adults have stou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse-fly
Horse-flies or horseflies are true Fly, flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect Order (biology), order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and only the female horseflies bite animals, including humans, to hematophagy, obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. They are found all over the world except for some islands and the polar regions (Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland). Both horse-flies and Botfly, botflies (Oestridae) are sometimes referred to as gadflies. Adult horse-flies feed on nectar and plant exudates; the males have weak insect mouthparts, mouthparts and only the females bite animals to obtain enough protein from blood to produce eggs. The mouthparts of females are formed into a stout stabbing organ with two pairs of sharp cutting blades, and a spongelike part used to lap up the blood that flows from the wound. The larvae are Predation, predaceous and grow in semiaquatic habitats. Female hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecorhynchidae
Pelecorhynchidae is a small family of flies. All of the genera were originally placed in the family Rhagionidae, and their elevation to family rank has been controversial. Other phylogenetic analyses have supported Pelecorhynchidae as a distinct clade from Rhagionidae. The adults of ''Pelecorhynchus'' mostly feed on nectar of '' Leptospermum'' flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms. Distribution The genus ''Pelecorhynchus'' is known from Australia and Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... The genera ''Glutops'' and ''Pseudoerinna'' are distributed in the Nearctic and eastern Palaearctic. References Brachycera families Diptera of Australasia Diptera of South America Taxa named by Günt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachycera Families
The Brachycera are a suborder (biology), suborder of the order Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 Family (biology), families. Their most distinguishing characteristic is reduced antenna (biology), antenna segmentation. Description A summary of the main physical characteristics is: * antenna (biology), Antenna size (with eight or fewer flagellomeres) is reduced. * The maxilla (arthropod mouthpart), maxillary palp (an elongated appendage near the mouth) has two segments or fewer. * The back portions of the larval head capsule extend into the prothorax (the anterior part of the thorax, which bears the first pair of legs). * Two distinct parts make up of the larval Mandible (insect mouthpart), mandible (lower jaw). * The epandrium and hypandrium of the genitalia are separated in males. * No premandible is present on the lower surface of the Insect mouthparts, labrum (the roof of the mouth). * The configuration of the CuA2 and A1 wing wing vein, veins is distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
