Family Neriidae - Cactus Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Longhorn Cactus Fly - Odontoloxozus longicornis - female

Borracho Bug - Odontoloxozus longicornis

Arizona bug, sucking? - Odontoloxozus longicornis - female

Female, Odontoloxozus longicornis? - Odontoloxozus longicornis - female

Male, Odontoloxozus longicornis? - Odontoloxozus longicornis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Nerioidea

Family Neriidae (Cactus Flies)

Explanation of Names

Neriidae Westwood 1840

Numbers

3 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1)(2), >110 spp. in ~20 genera total(3)

Size

10-12 mm(1)

Range

in our area, sw. US(1)

Habitat

Larvae in dead cacti

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Manual of Central American Diptera Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.

3.	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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 August, 2004 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 7:49pm

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