Meromyza | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chloropidae |
Subfamily: | Chloropinae |
Genus: | Meromyza Meigen, 1830 |
Meromyza is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae. [1]
Hybotidae, the typical dance flies, are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily.
Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of Lepidopteran caterpillars.
Siphunculina is a genus of small flies known as tropical eye flies. They are known for their habit of visiting the eyes of humans and other vertebrates to feed on fluids and in doing so cause annoyance, spread bacterial or viral diseases or cause injury to the eye. They have a habit of resting in large numbers on suspended strings, ropes and cobwebs.
Chlorops is a genus of fly in the family Chloropidae.
Gaurax is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae.
Oscinella is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae.
Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world.
Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. They are small flies with reduced palpi. The scutellum has spines and the abdomen has seven visible segments. Their eyes are contiguous in the male.
Chamaemyia is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is the type genus of its family.
Meromyza pratorum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. The larva feeds on Poaceae such as Calamagrostis epigeios and probably other species of the genus Calamagrostis, and Leymus arenarius.
Meromyza triangulina is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. The larvae feed on Festuca ovina and Festuca rubra.
Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Chloropinae is a subfamily of grass flies in the family Chloropidae.
Oscinellinae is a subfamily of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are at least 40 genera and 180 described species in Oscinellinae.
Geomyza is a genus of flies in the family Opomyzidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geomyza.