Mesorhagini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
Tribe: | Mesorhagini Bickel, 1994 [1] |
Genera | |
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Mesorhagini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] [3] [4] [1]
Abbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia. It is named after the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.
Acropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Helixocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, American Samoa and Western Samoa.
Medetera is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks, on which they have a characteristic vertical upright stance. Because of this stance, they are sometimes known as "woodpecker flies". Medetera adults are predators of soft-bodied arthropods, while the larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae.
Mesorhaga is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Narrabeenia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, living in Australia and named for Narrabeen, New South Wales.
Negrobovia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae found in Australia. It is named in honor of O.P. Negrobov.
Paraclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Parentia is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Pseudoparentia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia.
Saccopheronta is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is considered a synonym of Medetera by some authors, and a valid genus by others.
Sciapus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 82 described species in Sciapus.
Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. In some classifications, this subfamily includes the genera of the subfamilies Peloropeodinae and Xanthochlorinae.
Sciapodini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Chrysosomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Sciapus contristans is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.