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Neriidae
Sign in to saveThe 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 speci
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Within Vinony's link graph, Neriidae is referenced by 213 other articles, and connects out to Sciomyzidae, Stratiomyoidea and India.
Vinony files it under Brachycera families, Neriidae and Taxa named by John O. Westwood.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyNeriidae
Neriidae (лат.) — небольшое семейство насекомых из инфраотряда круглошовных мух, близкое к Micropezidae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 501
- Family
- Neriidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UCM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, GUAM, KU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Belize, Trinidad And Tobago, Australia, Venezuela
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- Neriidae
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- Category:Neriidae
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- Neriidae
- taxon common name
- Cactus Flies
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Family characteristics
- Ecology and evolution of neriid flies
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
==Family characteristics==
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