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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.
Cecidochares is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Mesoclanis is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Metasphenisca is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Stephanotrypeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Oxyaciura is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Rhabdochaeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Rhochmopterum 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.
Eutretosoma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Dicheniotes is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Sphenella is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.
Campylocera is a genus of flies in the family Pyrgotidae.
Eupyrgota is a genus of flies in the family Pyrgotidae. A number of its species were originally from Apyrgota and Taeniomastix, which in 2014 were made synonyms of Eupyrgota by V. Korneyev.
Trigonometopus is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. There are more than 20 described species in Trigonometopus.
Cecidocharini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Dithrycini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Eutretini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Schistopterini is a tribe of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.