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Opetiidae
The Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies (insects of the Order Diptera). The family contains only five extant species in two genera, '' Opetia'' from the Palearctic region and '' Puyehuemyia'' from Chile in South America. Several fossil genera have been assigned to the family, but many of these are likely to belong elsewhere in the Platypezoidea. '' Lonchopterites'' from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and '' Electrosania'' from the Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber seem likely to be closely related to modern opetiids. Family description Se Classification Opetiidae was formerly in Platypezidae. *†'' Lithopetia'' Zhang, 1987 **†'' Lithopetia hirsuta'' Zhang, 1987 *'' Opetia'' Meigen, 1830 Palearctic, Oligocene-Recent **'' Opetia aberrans'' Shatalkin, 1985 **'' Opetia alticola'' Saigusa, 1963 **'' Opetia anomalipennis'' Saigusa, 1963 **†'' Opetia atra'' Statz, 1940 Rott Formation The Rott Formation is a geologic formation in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opetiidae Wing Veins
The Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of fly, flies (insects of the Order Diptera). The family contains only five extant species in two genera, ''Opetia'' from the Palearctic region and ''Puyehuemyia'' from Chile in South America. Several fossil genera have been assigned to the family, but many of these are likely to belong elsewhere in the Platypezoidea. ''Lonchopterites'' from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and ''Electrosania'' from the Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber seem likely to be closely related to modern opetiids. Family description Se Classification Opetiidae was formerly in Platypezidae. *†''Lithopetia'' Zhang, 1987 **†''Lithopetia hirsuta'' Zhang, 1987 *''Opetia'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1830 Palearctic realm, Palearctic, Oligocene-Recent **''Opetia aberrans'' Shatalkin, 1985 **''Opetia alticola'' Saigusa, 1963 **''Opetia anomalipennis'' Saigusa, 1963 **†''Opetia atra'' Statz, 1940 Rott Formation, Germany, Oligocene **''Opetia n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platypezoidea
The Platypezoidea are a superfamily of true flies of the section Aschiza. Their closest living relatives are the Syrphoidea, which, for example, contain the hoverflies. Like these, the adults do not burst open their pupal cases with a ptilinum when hatching, thus the Aschiza do not have the inverted-U-shaped suture above the antennae. They are, however, muscomorphs, thus have a particular type of pupal case resembling a rounded barrel and called puparium. Families Five families are placed in the Platypezoidea, listed below in taxonomic sequence: * Phoridae - coffin and scuttle flies (includes Sciadoceridae) * Opetiidae - flat-footed flies * Ironomyiidae - ironic flies * Lonchopteridae - spear-winged flies, pointed-wing flies * Platypezidae Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
