| Exalla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Lauxaniidae |
| Subfamily: | Eurychoromyiinae |
| Genus: | Exalla Gaimari, 2011 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Exalla shewelli Gaimari, 2011 [1] | |
Exalla is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae.
The species are known from wet montane rainforest habitats in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations above 1500 meters.
Eurychoromyia mallea, the broad-headed fly, is a species of flies in the subfamily Eurychoromyiinae.
The Lauxaniidae are a family of acalyptrate flies. They generally are small flies with large compound eyes that often are brightly coloured in life, sometimes with characteristic horizontal stripes, such as in Cestrotus species. Many species have variegated patterns on their wings, but in contrast they generally do not have variegated bodies, except for genera such as Cestrotus, whose camouflage mimics lichens or the texture of granitic rocks.
The Chamaemyiidae are a small family of acalyptrate flies with less than 200 species described worldwide. The larvae of these small flies are active and predatory and are often used for biological control of aphids, scale insects, and similar pests. Chamaemyiid fossils are poorly represented in amber deposits, but a few examples are known from the Eocene epoch onwards.
Odiniidae is a small family of flies. There are only 58 described species but there are representatives in all the major biogeographic realms.
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 Strongylophthalmyiidae are a small family of about 80 species of slender, long-legged flies, the majority of which occur in the Oriental and Australasian regions. They are divided into two genera, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993 and Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902. The relationships of the group are obscure; formerly the genus Strongylophthalmyia was classified with the Psilidae, and some recent classifications place it within the Tanypezidae. Little is known of their biology, but many species seem to be associated with rotting bark.
Ocydromia is a genus of hybotid flies.
Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Sciasminettia is a genus of small Palearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Parapachycerina is a genus of small African flies of the family Lauxaniidae. They are mostly yellow-orange in colour.
The broad-headed flies is a subfamily of flies. Until 2010, they were known from only one species based on four specimens and placed in the family Eurychoromyiidae.
Cestrotus is a genus of brachyceran flies in the family Lauxaniidae.
Xeniconeura is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. There is one described species in Xeniconeura, X. costalis.
Neogriphoneura is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. There are about 11 described species in Neogriphoneura.
Acrometopia is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae.
Choryeuromyia xenisma is a species of flies in the subfamily Eurychoromyiinae.
Euryhendelimyia schlingeri is a species of flies in the subfamily Eurychoromyiinae.
Roryeuchomyia tigrina is a species of flies in the subfamily Eurychoromyiinae.
Eurystratiomyia is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae.
Physegeniopsis is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae.
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