| Pallopteridae | |
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| Palloptera umbellatarum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Tephritoidea |
| Family: | Pallopteridae Loew, 1862 |
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| Diversity | |
| 15 genera, ca. 50+ species | |
Pallopteridae is a family offlies. The various species are collectively called flutter-wing flies, trembling-wing, or waving-wing flies, because of the striking vibration of the wings in many species. Over 70species in about 15genera are found in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Adults have been found onflowers and low-hanging branches in shady habits. Known larvae arephytophagous orcarnivorous (some species preying onbeetles of the familiesCerambycidae andScolytidae. One species is recorded as preying on larvae of the familyCecidomyiidae. Some have been found in flower buds and stems.
For terms seeMorphology of Diptera
They are medium-sized or relatively small flies, they have spots on their wings (dark smoky apical spot inPalloptera ustulata). The wings are considerably longer than the abdomen. The head is semispherical and the postvertical bristles on the head are parallel or divergent. Vibrissae on the head are absent. The arista is bare or has a short pubescence. The mesonotom has four to six pairs of dorso-central bristles. Tibiae without subapical bristles. The costa is interrupted near the end of the subcosta. The subcosta reaches the costa. The subcosta is complete and well separated from vein 1. The cross vein closing the anal cell is usually convex and the angle the cross vein closing anal cell meets vein 6 at more than 90°.See[1]
These 14 genera belong to the family Pallopteridae:
Five species in four genera are recorded in the fossil record of this family.
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