Ulidiidae

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Family of flies

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::summary Family of flies ::

Ulidiinae Macquart, 1835 | synonyms = *Ortalidae
Otitidae

The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) 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.

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Systematics

The Ulidiidae are divided into two subfamilies.

Subfamily Otitinae

;Tribe Cephaliini Schiner, 1864 :Acrostictella* Hendel, 1914 :Cephalia* Meigen, 1826 :Delphinia* Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :Myiomyrmica* Steyskal, 1961 :Myrmecothea* Hendel, 1910 :Proteseia* Korneyev & Hernandes, 1998 :Pterotaenia* Rondani, 1868 :Tritoxa* Loew, 1873 ;Tribe Myennidini Kameneva & Korneyev, 2006 :Acatochaeta* Enderlein, 1921 :Arborotites* Barraclough, 2000 :Callopistromyia* Hendel, 1907 :Dyscrasis* Aldrich, 1932 :Myennis* Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :Namibotites* Barraclough, 2000 :Neodyscrasis* Kameneva & Korneyev, 2006 :Oedopa* Loew, 1868 :Paroedopa* Coquillett, 1900 :Pseudodyscrasis* Hernández-Ortiz, 1988 :Pseudotephritina* Malloch, 1931 :Pseudotephritis* Johnson, 1902 :Stictoedopa* Brèthes, 1926 :Stictomyia* Bigot, 1885 :Ulidiotites* Steyskal, 1961 ;Tribe Otitini Aldrich, 1932 :Ceroxys* Macquart, 1835 :Dorycera* Meigen, 1830 :Herina* Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :Hiatus* Cresson, 1906 :Melieria* Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :Otites* Latreille, 1804 :Tetanops* Fallén, 1820 :Ulidiopsis* Hennig, 1941 ;Otitinae incertae sedis :Curranops* Harriot, 1942 :Diacrita* Gerstäcker, 1860 :Haigia* Steyskal, 1961 :Idana* Loew, 1873 :Psaeropterella* Hendel, 1914 :Pseudomelieria* Brèthes, 1921 :Tetropismenus* Loew, 1876 :**Tujunga* Steyskal, 1961

Subfamily Ulidiinae

;Tribe Lipsanini Enderlin, 1838 :Acrosticta* Loew, 1868 :Acrostictomyia* Blanchard, 1938 :Aspistomella* Hendel, 1909 :Axiologina* Hendel, 1909 :Cenchrometopa* Hendel, 1909 :Chaetopsis* Loew, 1868 :Euacaina* Steyskal, 1963 :Eumecosomyia* Hendel, 1909 :Eumetopiella* Hendel, 1907 :Euphara* Loew, 1868 :Euxesta* Loew, 1868 :Heterodoxa* J. R. Malloch, 1832 :Hypoecta* Loew, 1868 :Lipsana* Enderlein, 1938 :Neoeuxesta* Malloch, 1930 :Notogramma* Loew, 1868 :Paraphyola* Hendel, 1909 :Pareuxesta* Coquillett, 1901 :Perissoneura* J. R. Malloch, 1832 :Polyteloptera* Hendel, 1909 :Pseudeuxesta* Hendel, 1910 :Siopa* Hendel, 1909 :Steneretma* :Stenomyia* Loew, 1868 :Texasa* :Ulivellia* Speiser, 1929 :Vladolinia* Kameneva, 2005 :Zacompsia* Coquillett, 1901 ;Tribe Pterocallini Loew, 1868 :Aciuroides* Hendel, 1914 :Apterocerina* Hendel, 1909 :Chondrometopum* Hendel, 1909 :Coscinum* Hendel, 1909 :Cymatozus* Enderlein, 1912 :Cyrtomostoma* Hendel, 1909 :Dasymetopa* Loew, 1868 :Elapata* Hendel, 1909 :Goniaeola* Hendel, 1909 :Lathrostigma* Enderlein :Megalaemyia* Hendel, 1909 :Micropterocerus* Hendel, 1914 :Neomyennis* Hendel, 1914 :Ophthalmoptera* Hendel, 1909 :Paragoniaeola*? :Paragorgopis* Giglio-Tos, 1893 :Parophthalmoptera*? :Perissoza? :**Plagiocephalus Wiedemann, 1830 :Pterocalla* Rondani, 1848 :Pterocerina* Hendel, 1909 :Rhyparella* Hendel, 1909 :Sympaectria* Hendel, 1909 :Terpnomyennis* Kameneva, 2004 :Terpnomyia* Hendel, 1909 :Tetrapleura* Schiner, 1868 :Xanthacrona* Wulp, 1899 ;Tribe Seiopterini Kameneva and Korneyev, 1994 :Homalocephala* Zetterstedt, 1838 ::Syn.: Psairoptera :Pseudoseioptera* Stackelberg 1955 :Seioptera* Kirby, 1817 ::Syn.: Ortalis Fallén, 1810 ;Tribe Ulidiini Macquart, 1835 :Physiphora* Fallén, 1810 :Timia* Wiedemann, 1824 :Ulidia* Meigen, 1826

Others

References

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(1988). "Reconsideración taxonómica del género Dyscrasis Aldrich y la descripción de Pseudodyscrasis gen. nov. (Diptera: Otitidae)". Folia Entomológica Mexicana.
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