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fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
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 ...
contains over 160 described genera. These include:
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Afrocelyphus''
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Apallates
''Apallates'' is a genus of fly in the family Chloropidae.
Species
*'' A. convexus'' ( Loew, 1866)
*'' A. coxendix'' ( Fitch, 1856)
*'' A. dissidens'' (Tucker, 1908)
*'' A. hermsi'' ( Sabrosky, 1941)
*'' A. microcentrus'' (Coquillett, 1904)
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Aphanotrigonum
''Aphanotrigonum'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are at least 2 described species in ''Aphanotrigonum''.
Species
* '' Aphanotrigonum darlingtoniae'' (Jones, 1916)
* '' Aphanotrigonum scabrum'' (Aldrich Aldrich may refe ...
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Apotropina''
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Arcuator
The fly family Chloropidae contains over 160 described genera. These include:
*'' Afrocelyphus''
*''Apallates''
*''Aphanotrigonum''
*'' Apotropina''
*'' Arcuator''
*'' Assuania''
*'' Biorbitella''
*'' Cadrema''
*''Calamoncosis''
*''Camarota''
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Assuania''
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Biorbitella
The fly family Chloropidae contains over 160 described genera. These include:
*'' Afrocelyphus''
*''Apallates''
*''Aphanotrigonum''
*'' Apotropina''
*''Arcuator''
*'' Assuania''
*'' Biorbitella''
*'' Cadrema''
*''Calamoncosis''
*''Camarota''
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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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Camarota
''Camarota'' 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 small ...
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Capnoptera''
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Caviceps
The fly family Chloropidae contains over 160 described genera. These include:
*'' Afrocelyphus''
*''Apallates''
*''Aphanotrigonum''
*'' Apotropina''
*''Arcuator''
*'' Assuania''
*'' Biorbitella''
*'' Cadrema''
*''Calamoncosis''
*''Camarota''
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Centorisoma
''Centorisoma'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Centorisoma''.
Species
These 21 species belong to the genus ''Centorisoma'':
* '' Centorisoma arsenjevi'' Nartshuk, 1965
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Cetema
''Cetema'' 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 small f ...
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Chaetochlorops''
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Chlorops
''Chlorops'' is a genus of fly in the family Chloropidae.
Species
*''Chlorops adjunctus, C. adjunctus'' Theodor Becker, Becker, 1910
*''Chlorops adamsi, C. adamsi'' Sabrosky, 1935
*''Chlorops alpicolus, C. alpicolus'' Theodor Becker, Becker, 19 ...
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Chloropsina''
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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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Cryptonevra
''Cryptonevra'' 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 sm ...
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Dasyopa
The fly family Chloropidae contains over 160 described genera. These include:
*'' Afrocelyphus''
*''Apallates''
*''Aphanotrigonum''
*'' Apotropina''
*'' Arcuator''
*'' Assuania''
*'' Biorbitella''
*'' Cadrema''
*''Calamoncosis''
*''Camarota''
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Dicraeus''
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Diplotoxa
''Diplotoxa'' is a genus of grass 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 v ...
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Diplotoxoides''
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Dysartia''
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Ectecephala
''Ectecephala'' is a genus of grass 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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Elachiptera''
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Elachiptereicus''
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Elliponeura''
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Epichlorops''
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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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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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Eurina''
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Eutropha''
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Fiebrigella
The fly family Chloropidae contains over 160 described genera. These include:
*'' Afrocelyphus''
*''Apallates''
*''Aphanotrigonum''
*'' Apotropina''
*'' Arcuator''
*'' Assuania''
*'' Biorbitella''
*'' Cadrema''
*''Calamoncosis''
*''Camarota''
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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 ...
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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)
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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 ver ...
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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 fre ...
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Homalura''
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Homaluroides''
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Incertella
''Incertella'' 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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Lagaroceras''
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Lasiambia''
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Lasiosina''
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Liohippelates''
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Lipara
Lipari (; scn, Lìpari) is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, southern Italy; it is also the name of the island's main town and ''comune'', which is administratively part of the Metropolit ...
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Malloewia''
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Melanochaeta''
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Melanum''
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Meromyza
''Meromyza'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae.
Species
*'' M. acutata'' An & Yang, 2005
*'' M. affinis'' Fedoseeva, 1971
*'' M. americana'' Fitch, 1856
*'' M. arizonica'' Fedoseeva, 1971
*'' M. athletica'' Fedoseeva, 1974
*'' M. ...
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Metopostigma''
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Microcercis''
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Monochaetoscinella''
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Neodiplotoxa''
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Neohaplegis''
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Neoscinella''
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Olcella''
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Opetiophora''
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Oscinella
''Oscinella'' is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae.
Species
*'' O. agropyri'' Balachovsky & Mesnil, 1935
*'' O. alopecuri'' Balachovsky & Mesnil, 1935
*'' O. angularis'' Collin, 1946
*'' O. angustipennis'' Duda, 1933
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Oscinimorpha''
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Oscinisoma''
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Oscinoides''
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Paraeurina''
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Parectecephala''
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Phyladelphus
''Phyladelphus'' is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are at least four described species in ''Phyladelphus''.
Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Phyladelphus'':
* '' Phyladelphus cristatus'' Becker, 1911
* '' P ...
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Platycephala''
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Platycephalisca''
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Polyodaspis''
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Pseudogaurax''
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Pseudopachychaeta''
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Rhodesiella''
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Rhopalopterum''
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Sacatonia''
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Sabroskyina''
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Scoliophthalmus''
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Siphonella''
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Siphonellopsis''
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Siphunculina
''Siphunculina'' is a genus of small flies known as tropical eye flies. They are known for their habit of visiting the eyes of humans and other vertebrates to feed on fluids and in doing so cause annoyance, spread bacterial or viral diseases or ...
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Speccafrons''
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Stenoscinis''
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Strobliola''
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Thaumatomyia
''Thaumatomyia'' 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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Trachysiphonella''
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Trichieurina''
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Tricimba''
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Trigonomma''
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Xena''
References
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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 ...