| Ceratomerus | |
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| Adult female Ceratomerus n.sp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Brachystomatinae |
| Genus: | Ceratomerus Philippi, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Ceratomerus paradoxus Philippi, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
The Apioceridae, or flower-loving flies, are a small family of flies, all in the single genus Apiocera. They occur mostly in dry, sandy habitats in the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Other genera formerly placed in Apioceridae are now in Mydidae.
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.
Trichopezinae are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized, long-legged and large-eyed.
Atherimorpha is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae.
Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world.
Ocydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies.
Hemerodromiinae are a worldwide group of predatory flies in the family Empididae with raptorial forelegs.
Brachystomatinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Clinocerinae is a subfamily of flies belonging to the family Empididae.
Empidinae, also called dance flies, are a subfamily of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized. Most species are flower visitors and they can be effective pollinators.
Zealandicesa is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Atrichopleura is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Gynatoma is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Hilarempis is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelipoda is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Cladodromia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Chelifera is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Bicellaria is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Dasyomma is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae.
Ocydromiini is a tribe of hybotid flies.
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