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Richardiidae
The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea. This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of the richardiids is little known. Some of the larvae are plant feeders or saprophages in decaying plant material. One species, the pineapple fruit fly '' Melanoloma viatrix'', has been reported as a pest of pineapples. Most adults have some general features, conspicuously pictured wings, often with metallic blue or greenish colors on the body and legs, and a typical tephritoid ovipositor. Genera *'' Acompha'' Hendel, 1911 *'' Antineuromyia'' Hendel, 1914 *''Automola'' Loew, 1873 *'' Batrachophthalmum'' Hendel, 1911 *'' Beebeomyia'' Curran, 1934 *'' Cladiscophleps'' Enderlein, 1912 *'' Coilometopia'' Macquart, 1847 *''Coniceps'' Loew, 1873 *'' Epiplatea'' Loew, 1868 *'' Euolena'' Loew, 1873 *'' Hemixantha'' Loew, 1873 *'' Johnrichardia'' Perez-Gelabert & Thompson, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardiidae - Carlos Botelho
The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea. This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of the richardiids is little known. Some of the larvae are plant feeders or saprophages in decaying plant material. One species, the pineapple fruit fly '' Melanoloma viatrix'', has been reported as a pest of pineapples. Most adults have some general features, conspicuously pictured wings, often with metallic blue or greenish colors on the body and legs, and a typical tephritoid ovipositor. Genera *'' Acompha'' Hendel, 1911 *'' Antineuromyia'' Hendel, 1914 *''Automola'' Loew, 1873 *'' Batrachophthalmum'' Hendel, 1911 *'' Beebeomyia'' Curran, 1934 *'' Cladiscophleps'' Enderlein, 1912 *'' Coilometopia'' Macquart, 1847 *''Coniceps'' Loew, 1873 *'' Epiplatea'' Loew, 1868 *'' Euolena'' Loew, 1873 *'' Hemixantha'' Loew, 1873 *'' Johnrichardia'' Perez-Gelabert & Thompson, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardia (fly)
''Richardia'' is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae. It was first described by French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoid in 1830. It occurs from Mexico to Central and South America. Description The genus includes species with strongly enlarged heads (hypercephalism) and "eyestalks" (eyes inserted in the lateral projection of the head) such as the males '' R. telescopica'' and '' R. stylops''. Stalk-eyed flies in family Diopsidae Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species fr ... have their antennae located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in Richardiidae. Taxonomy The ''Richardia'' genus comprises the following species: * ''Richardia advena'' * ''Richardia analis'' Hendel, 1911 * ''Richardia annulata'' (Macquart, 1835 * ''Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automola
''Automola'' is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae. There are at least three described species in ''Automola''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Automola'': *'' A. atomaria'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) *'' A. caloptera'' (Bigot, 1886) *'' A. rufa'' Cresson, 1906 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * Articles created by Qbugbot Tephritoidea genera {{Tephritoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniceps
''Coniceps'' is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea. This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of the richardiids is little known. Some of .... There is one described species in ''Coniceps'', ''C. niger''. References Further reading * Articles created by Qbugbot Tephritoidea genera {{Tephritoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart (8 April 1778 – 25 November 1855) was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species. Biography Early years Macquart was born in Hazebrouck, France, in 1778 and died in Lille in 1855. He was interested in natural history from an early age due to his older brother who was an ornithologist and a Fellow of the Société de Sciences de l’Agriculture et des Arts de la Ville de Lille and whose bird collection became the foundation of the societies museum, the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille. A second brother founded a botanic garden with a collection of over 3000 species of plants. Macquart, too became interested in natural history. In 1796 he joined the staff of General Armand Samuel then campaigning in the French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1796, Revolutionary Wars. He was a secretary and draftsman. The general staff was stationed in Schwetzingen, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
