Parapalaeosepsis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sepsidae |
Subfamily: | Sepsinae |
Genus: | Parapalaeosepsis Duda, 1926 [1] |
Type species | |
Sepsis plebeia | |
Synonyms | |
Parapalaeosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having a "waist" and glossy black body. Many Sepsidae have a curious wing-waving habit made more apparent by dark patches at the wing end.
Chrysopilus is common, worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in amber.
Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.
Chrysosoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, with more than 200 species distributed in the Old World and Oceania.
Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Sepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Solva is a fly genus in the family Xylomyidae, the "wood soldier flies".
Allopiophila is a genus of small flies in the family Piophilidae.
Brachythoracosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Archisepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Dicranosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Microsepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Meroplius is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Palaeosepsioides is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Palaeosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Paratoxopoda is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Perochaeta is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Toxopoda is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.
Suragina is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae.