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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Apioceridae

Family Apioceridae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Apiocera (?) - Apiocera - male Quail Hollow apiocerid - Apiocera - male Apiocera? - Apiocera - male Robber Fly - Apiocera - male this mimic of Asilidae fooled me (hint: not a robber fly) - Apiocera Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera - male Apioceridae or Asilidae? - Apiocera - male Little Alkali Lake Apiocera - Apiocera - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Apioceridae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Apioceridae Bigot 1857
Numbers
A single genus in the family, with 65 spp. in our area(2) and ~150 spp. worldwide(3)(4)
Range
The Americas, so. Africa, Borneo, and Sri Lanka(3); in our area, sw. US (one sp. ranges wider to BC-ID)(5)
Print References
Yeates, D. K. and M. E. Irwin. (1996) Apioceridae (Insecta: Diptera): cladistic reappraisal and biogeography. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 116:247-301.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American flies belonging to the genus Apiocera (Diptera, Apioceridae)
Mont A. Cazier. 1982. Bulletin of the AMNH ; vol. 171, pp. 287-467.
2.Dikow T. (2001–2014) Asiloid Flies web-site
3.Australian Faunal Directory
4.Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
5.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 13 March, 2008 - 8:37am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 30 August, 2016 - 6:52pm

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