Tephritoidea
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The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies
. The following families are included:
The Tachiniscinae
, formerly ranked as the family Tachiniscidae, are now included in the Tephritidae.
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
. The following families are included:
- LonchaeidaeLonchaeidaeLonchaeidae is a family of acalyptrate flies commonly known as lance flies. There are about 500 described species in 9 genera. These are generally small but robustly built flies with blue-black or metallic bodies...
- lance flies - PallopteridaePallopteridaePallopteridae, or flutter-wing flies is a family of Diptera. Over 50 species in 15 genera are found in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern hemispheres.-Biology:Little is known. Adults have been found on flowers and low hanging branches in shady habits...
- flutter flies - Piophilidae - skippers
- PlatystomatidaePlatystomatidaePlatystomatidae is a distinctive family of flies . Signal flies are worldwide in distribution predominating in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 119 genera.-Biology:...
- signal flies - PyrgotidaePyrgotidaePyrgotidae is an unusual family of flies , one of only two families of Diptera that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged", as is typical among Tephritoidea, but, unlike other tephritoids they are endoparasitoids; the females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle's...
- RichardiidaeRichardiidaeRichardiidae is a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.This is a small family that consists of 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are Neotropical. Generally the biology of Richardiidae is little known. Some of the larvae are plant feeders or saprophages in decaying plant...
- TephritidaeTephritidaeTephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...
- fruit flies - Ulidiidae (Otitidae) - picture-winged flies
The Tachiniscinae
Tachiniscinae
The Tachiniscinae are a subfamily of the fruit fly family Tephritidae. They are treated by some authorities as a separate family, Tachiniscidae...
, formerly ranked as the family Tachiniscidae, are now included in the Tephritidae.