| Anthracomyza | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
| Family: | Polleniidae |
| Genus: | Anthracomyza Malloch, 1928 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Anthracomyia atratula | |
Anthracomyza is a genus of flies tentatively assigned to the family Polleniidae. [3]
Cluster flies are flies of the genus Pollenia in the family Polleniidae. Unlike the more familiar blow flies, such as the bluebottle genus Phormia they do not lay eggs in human food. They parasitise earthworms; the females lay their eggs near earthworm burrows, and the larvae then feed on the worms. But the biology of this group is relatively poorly known and a few have been recorded from other hosts including caterpillars and bees.
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.
Ceromya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Eustacomyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Palpostoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Prodiaphania is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Prosena is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Semisuturia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Anagonia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain. The largest genus is Pollenia, with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies".
Pollenia hirticeps is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia demissa is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia calamisessa is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia flindersi is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia nigrita is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia stolida is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Dexopollenia is a genus of flies in the family Polleniidae.
Anthracomyza atratula is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Berisina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Palpostomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.