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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Ulidiidae - Picture-winged Flies

Delphinia picta Fly ? - Euxesta notata - female Picture-winged Flies - Delphinia picta - male - female fly - Pseudotephritis vau - female Fly With Large Mouthparts, patterned wings, and prominent Ovipositor - Delphinia picta Small Fly - Physiphora alceae - male Fly - Chaetopsis Diptera - Delphinia picta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Otitidae Aldrich 1932 • name that has been used for a long time but Ulidiidae has priority(1)
Explanation of Names
Ulidiidae Macquart 1835
Numbers
2 subfamilies and 7 tribes, with ~130 spp. in ~40 genera of in our area and ~680 spp. in >100 genera worldwide(2)(3)(4)
Overview of our fauna (* –taxa not yet in the guide; classification from(3)):
Family Ulidiidae
SUBFAMILY ULIDIINAE
SUBFAMILY OTITINAE
Genera incertae sedis possibly related to Cephaliini Curranops · Diacrita · *Haigia · Idana · *Psaeropterella · *Tujunga
Otitinae incertae sedis Tetropismenus · *Texasa
Identification
Illustrated key to genera in (5)
Food
Larvae feed on decaying organic matter, but a few live in roots(4)