Pipunculus | |
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Pipunculus fuscus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Pipunculidae |
Subfamily: | Pipunculinae |
Tribe: | Pipunculini |
Genus: | Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 [1] |
Type species | |
Pipunculus campestris | |
Synonyms | |
Pipunculus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [7] [8]
Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large (holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described.
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
Criorhina is a genus of hoverflies. Medium to large sized species, black or greenish black, with or without light ground markings mimicking bumblebees. The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax. The antennae are situated upon a prominent conical frontal process, The face is moderately produced below the eyes, downward or forward, in profile. The eyes are bare. The abdomen is elliptical or very short oval. Larvae found in rot holes or decaying hardwoods
Rachicerus is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae.
Allomethus is a genus of flies in the family Pipunculidae.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Gymnomyzinae is a subfamily of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Pipunculinae is a subfamily of big-headed flies.
Dorylomorpha is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Nephrocerus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Cephalops is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Chalarus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Jassidophaga is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Cephalosphaera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.
Claraeola is a genus of flies in the family Pipunculidae.
Clistoabdominalis is a genus of flies in the family Pipunculidae.
Eudorylas is a genus of flies in the family Pipunculidae.
Pipunculus omissinervis is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae.