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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae

Subfamily Taeniapterinae

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Stilt-legged Fly - Grallipeza nebulosa Stilt-legged Flies - Rainieria antennaepes - male - female Tiny Wasp? - Taeniaptera trivittata Stilt-Legged Fly - Taeniaptera trivittata Stilt-legged Fly - Taeniaptera trivittata Stilt-legged Fly - Rainieria antennaepes - female Striped Stilt-legged Fly - Dorsal Wing - Rainieria antennaepes - female Weymouth Woods Diptera ant mimic on Dulichium arundinacea 2023 2 - Taeniaptera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Nerioidea
Family Micropezidae (Stilt-legged Flies)
Subfamily Taeniapterinae
Numbers
the most diverse group in Micropezidae (Ferro et al. 2021), with 7 spp. in five genera north of Mexico; >200 species in Neotropical region
Range
predominantly Neotropical
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 March, 2007 - 1:15am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 5:05pm

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