| Aciuroides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ulidiinae |
| Genus: | Aciuroides Hendel, 1914 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Aciuroides insecta | |
Aciuroides is a genus of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the family Ulidiidae. [2] [3] [4]
The Ulidiidae or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, along with members of other families in the superfamily Tephritoidea that have patterns of bands or spots on the wings. Some species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated posteroapical projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Two species, Tetanops myopaeformis and Euxesta stigmatias, are agricultural pests.
Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. As of 2010, 307 species in 27 genera. The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily.
The Celyphidae, commonly known as beetle flies or beetle-backed flies, are a family of flies. About 115 species in about 9 genera are known chiefly from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions with one lineage in the New World.
The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged", as is typical among the Tephritoidea, but unlike other tephritoids, they are endoparasitoids; the females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle's back under the elytra where the beetle cannot reach it. The egg hatches and the fly larva enters the body cavity of the beetle, feeding and eventually killing the host before pupating. In the United States, some species of Pyrgota and Sphecomyiella can be quite common in areas where their host beetles are abundant. Like their host beetles, these flies are primarily nocturnal, and are often attracted to artificial lights.
The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.
Acidiella is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Acidoxantha is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tomoplagia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Trypanaresta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Urophora is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Lamproxyna is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Lamproxynella is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Trupanea is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Aciuroides insecta is a species of ulidiidae or picture-winged fly in the genus Aciuroides of the family Ulidiidae.
Eutretosoma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Acrotaeniini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tephritini is a tribe of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are about 80 genera and some 1000 described species in Tephritini.
Eutretini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Discomyzinae is a subfamily of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.