| Physiphora alceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Genus: | Physiphora |
| Species: | P. alceae |
| Binomial name | |
| Physiphora alceae (Preyssler, 1791) | |
Physiphora alceae is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae. [1]
Physiphora alceae is a cosmopolitan species.
Larvae of P. alceae feed on decaying plant and animal material and . [2]
The males of P. alceae were reported to court with an elaborate dance. The courting male may move his fore legs up and down in front of the female. He may also shake his fore legs, turn sidewise to his partner and lift one of his wings, tap on the head or thorax of the partner and probe her with his proboscis (mouthparts). [3]
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.
The Platystomatidae are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea.
The Neriidae are a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae. Some species are known as cactus flies, while others have been called banana stalk flies and the family was earlier treated as subfamily of the Micropezidae which are often called stilt-legged flies. Neriids differ from micropezids in having no significant reduction of the fore legs. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. About 100 species are placed in 19 genera. Neriidae are found mainly in tropical regions, but two North American genera occur, each with one species, and one species of Telostylinus occurs in temperate regions of eastern Australia.
Physiphora is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, containing over 30 species worldwide.
Ulidia is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae.
Physiphora aenea is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae.
Physiphora euphorbiana is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae found in western India.
Pseudotephritis approximata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.
Pseudotephritis ussurica is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.
Pseudotephritis corticalis is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae
Ulidia albidipennis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Ulidia of the family Ulidiidae.
Tetanops is a genus of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae.
Neodyscrasis steyskali is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Neodyscrasis of the family Ulidiidae.
Timia is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae, which is difficult to separate from the genus Ulidia.
Otitinae is the name of a subfamily of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It was formerly the Otitidae. Like the Ulidiinae, most species are herbivorous or saprophagous. Most species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated projection of the anal cell in the wing, but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Most are dull gray to shiny brown or black flies with vein R1 setulose or, in a few cases, bare.
The Ulidiinae are a subfamily of flies in the family Ulidiidae. Like the Otitinae, most species are herbivorous or saprophagous. Most species share with the Tephritidae an unusual elongated projection of the anal cell in the wing but can be differentiated by the smoothly curving subcostal vein. Most are dull gray to shiny brown or black flies with vein R1 setulose or, in a few cases, bare.
Myennidini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae.
Ulidiini is a tribe of picture-winged flies in the family Ulidiidae that live in the arid and sub arid regions of the Palaearctic. There are three genera and around 100 species within the tribe. The tribe was first named in 1835; its type genus is Ulidia.
Pseudodyscrasis scutellaris is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Myennis of the family Ulidiidae.
Pseudotephritina cribellum is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Myennis of the family Ulidiidae.