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Family Pallopteridae - Flutter Flies

Pallopteridae - Toxonevra muliebris Lauxaniidae? Toxonevra superba - female Toxonevra superba reddish fly - female Ephydridae or Agromyzidae or Drosophilidae or Tephritidae Fly Two of Two - Toxonevra superba? - Toxonevra superba Minettia lupulina? - Palloptera - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Pallopteridae (Flutter Flies)
Other Common Names
Flutter-wing Flies, Pictured-wing Flies, Picture Wing Flies
Explanation of Names
Pallopteridae Loew 1862
Numbers
9 species in our area(1), in 3 genera (Palloptera, Temnosira, Toxonevra) ~70 spp. in 12 genera total(2)
Size
4-6 mm
Identification
Wings usually conspicuously longer than the abdomen and with dark markings; proboscis short and thick; ovipositor with a non-retractile sheath
see (3)
Range
Throughout NA and the temperate regions of the world
Habitat
Adults on flowers and low-hanging branches in shady habitats, larvae under bark, and in flower buds and stems
Food
Larvae phytophagous or predaceous on longhorn & bark beetle larvae (Cerambycidae, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
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