| Euxesta leucomelas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Genus: | Euxesta |
| Species: | E. leucomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Euxesta leucomelas (Walker, 1860) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Euxesta leucomelas is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. Its distribution is in Mexico, Central America and South America. [1]
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.
Euxesta avala is a species of fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. Originally named Trypeta avala by Francis Walker in 1849, it was later completely revised as a species of Euxesta.
Euxesta abana is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Charles Howard Curran in 1935. The species can be found at White Sands National Park in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico.
Euxesta anna is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae.
Euxesta annonae is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. The species can be found from Orlando, Florida to Hawaii, where it feeds on corn.
Euxesta basalis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1853.
Euxesta contorta is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Charles Howard Curran in 1935.
Euxesta eluta is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Hermann Loew in 1868. It feeds on sweet corn in Santa Fe, Argentina. The species breed from spring to late fall by depositing their eggs in protected corn maizes.
Euxesta galapagensis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Charles Howard Curran in 1934. It is endemic to Galápagos Islands.
Euxesta notata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It is found in Canada.
Euxesta pechumani is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae.
Euxesta sororcula is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. Its distribution is in Central and South America. It feeds on foliage of the genus Zea.
Euxesta is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae.
Euxesta fulvicornis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Tephritidae. It was described by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot in 1886.
Euxesta lunata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae.
Euxesta nigricans is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Frederik Maurits van der Wulp in 1899. It can be found in Guerrero, Mexico.
Euxesta propinqua is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae.
Euxesta stigmatias is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. The larva attacks maize in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas. It is invasive in North America.
Euxesta xeres is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Charles Howard Curran in 1935. The species can be found at White Sands National Park in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico.
Ortalis is an historic genus of Ulidiid or picture-winged flies, first described by Fallén in 1810. It served as the type genus for the family Ulidiidae, which was called Ortalidae at the time. In 1932, it was pointed out by Adlrich that the name Ortalis was preoccupied by a genus of birds which had been named by Merrem in 1786. The name of the fly family was therefore revised, with some authors calling it Otitidae until Ulidiidae was settled on as standard. The genus itself was found to be paraphyletic, and all of its species have been reassigned to other genera, some in the Ulidiidae, and some in other Tephritoid families. In the following list, the species are organized according to the families and genera to which they have been reassigned.