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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea

Superfamily Nerioidea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Works Cited
Stilt-legged Fly? - Micropeza Stilt-legged Fly - Rainieria antennaepes Male Stilt-legged Fly - Compsobata - male Rainieria antennaepes - Calobatina geometra - female Micropezid - Taeniaptera trivittata - male crane fly or what? - Taeniaptera trivittata stilt legged fly? - Rainieria antennaepes 14Jun2017.BF.HN.Dip.1 - Rainieria antennaepes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Nerioidea
Explanation of Names
4 families in our area, 7 total(1)
Works Cited
1.Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora): Definition, history and relationships
Lonsdale O. 2020. Zootaxa 4735: 1‒177.
Contributed by v belov on 22 May, 2011 - 11:38pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 18 August, 2023 - 5:52pm

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