Biology:Nerioidea
| Nerioidea | |
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| Telostylinus lineolatus from India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Nerioidea |
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Cypselosomatidae
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Nerioidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.[1]
Description
As flies, Nerioidea undergo complete metamorphosis with the four life stages of egg, larva, pupa and adult. The adult stage has three body segments (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of legs and one pair of wings.[2]
Some features that distinguish adult Nerioidea from other flies are: a face that's usually weakly sclerotised (except in Fergusoninidae), antenna usually porrect or slightly deflexed (elbowed in Tanypezidae), wing veins R2+3 and R4+5 usually convergent, and the wing anal cell usually much smaller than the subcostal cell.[3]
Ecology
Most Nerioidea are associated with dead and decaying organic matter such as dead wood, rotting fruit and bat dung. On the other hand, Fergusoninidae form galls in plants of family Myrtaceae, and some Micropezidae have larvae that are predatory or agricultural pests.[3]
Notable species
- Glyphidops flavifrons - can be found in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions [4]
References
- ↑ "Nerioidea". http://www.tolweb.org/Nerioidea/10530.
- ↑ Resh, Vincent H.; Carde, Ring T. (2009-07-22) (in en). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp. 284–297. ISBN 978-0-08-092090-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk0Hym1yF0cC&pg=PA284.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lonsdale, Owen (2020-02-17). "Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora)—Definition, history and relationships". Zootaxa 4735 (1): 1–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4735.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32230232. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4735.1.1.
- ↑ Mondragón, Andrés Felipe Vinasco; Gironza, Nancy Soraya Carrejo (2016). "Morphology and development rate of the immature stages of Glyphidops (Oncopsia) flavifrons (Bigot, 1886) (Diptera, Neriidae) under natural conditions" (in en). ZooKeys (603): 141–159. doi:10.3897/zookeys.603.7355. PMID 27551201.
Wikidata ☰ Q2327830 entry
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