Nerioidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.[1]
| Nerioidea | |
|---|---|
| |
| Telostylinus lineolatus from India | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Nerioidea |
| Families | |
|
Cypselosomatidae
| |
Description
editAs flies, Nerioidea undergo complete metamorphosis with the four life stages of egg, larva, pupa and adult. The adult stage has three body segments (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of legs and one pair of wings.[2]
Some features that distinguish adult Nerioidea from other flies are: a face that's usually weakly sclerotised (except in Fergusoninidae), antenna usually porrect or slightly deflexed (elbowed in Tanypezidae), wing veins R2+3 and R4+5 usually convergent, and the wing anal cell usually much smaller than the subcostal cell.[3]
Ecology
editMost Nerioidea are associated with dead and decaying organic matter such as dead wood, rotting fruit and bat dung. On the other hand, Fergusoninidae form galls in plants of family Myrtaceae, and some Micropezidae have larvae that are predatory or agricultural pests.[3]
Notable species
edit- Glyphidops flavifrons - can be found in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions [4]
References
edit- ^ "Nerioidea". www.tolweb.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Resh, Vincent H.; Carde, Ring T. (2009-07-22). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp. 284–297. ISBN 978-0-08-092090-0.
- ^ a b Lonsdale, Owen (2020-02-17). "Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora)—Definition, history and relationships". Zootaxa. 4735 (1): 1–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4735.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32230232. S2CID 214311790.
- ^ Mondragón, Andrés Felipe Vinasco; Gironza, Nancy Soraya Carrejo (2016). "Morphology and development rate of the immature stages of Glyphidops (Oncopsia) flavifrons (Bigot, 1886) (Diptera, Neriidae) under natural conditions". ZooKeys (603): 141–159. doi:10.3897/zookeys.603.7355. PMC 4978005. PMID 27551201.
| | This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Nerioidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |