Apiocera (lat.) Is a genus of insects from the Asiloidea superfamily, the only one in the Apioceridae family, close to the Asilidae and Mydidae families.
| Apiocera |
Apiocera sp. |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Hoard : | Insects with full transformation |
| Suborder : | Short-faced Diptera |
| Infrastructure : | Asilomorpha |
| Family: | Apioceridae Fallén , 1817 |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Apiocera Westwood , 1835 |
| Subgenera |
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- Anypenus
- Apiocera
- Pyrocera
- Rhapidosryna
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Content
Large flies (10–35 mm) of gray and black color. The eyes are large, bare, both sexes are separated by a forehead. On the crown there are two eyes. Wings prozrajanye, usually shorter abdomen. Basal cells (br and bm) elongated. The discoid cell (d) is well developed. The cells r 1 , r 2 + 3 , m 3 and cup are closed. Veins M 1 and M 2 are separated. Vein M 1 reaches the costal front of the top of the wing. Legs long, moderately thick. Drumsticks with spurs and several apical setae. The claws on the paws are long and strong, the pulvils are well developed, the empody is absent. Abdomen elongated, narrowed to apex [1] [2] .
Inhabitants of arid and semiarid habitats. Flies are found in dry sandy places, usually flying with buzzing over bare ground [3] .
Females lay eggs in loose soil in several groups of 2-5 pieces. In total, the female produces from 36 to 69 eggs. Hopper development lasts 15-24 days. The larvae are predatory lifestyle [2] .
In a single genus of the Apioceridae family, there are about 143 species [4] , which is divided into four subgenera [5] . Earlier, the genus Rhaphiomidas was a member of this family, but now it is transferred to the family Mydidae . Distribution is disjunctive, found in North America (69 species) [6] [7] , Chile (4 species) [8] , Australia (74 species) [9] and South Africa (3 species) [10] .
- ↑ Dikow T. Apioceridae (English) // Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 2 (Nematocera & Lower Brachycera). - 2017. - No. 5 - P. 1057-1061 .
- ↑ 1 2 Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 1. - Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1981. - p. 541-548. - ISBN 0-660-10731-7 .
- ↑ Narchuk EP The determinant of the families of two-winged insects (Insecta: Diptera) of the fauna of Russia and adjacent countries (with a brief overview of the families of the world’s fauna). - St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute RAS, 2003. - 252 p. - ISBN 5–98092–004–8.
- ↑ Pape T., Blagoderov V. & Mostovski MB Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of taxonomic richness (Eng.) // Zootaxa. - 2011. - Vol. 3148 . - P. 222-229 . - ISSN 1175-5334 .
- ↑ David K. Yeates & Michael E. Irwin. Apioceridae (Insecta: Diptera): cladistic reappraisal and biogeography (Eng.) // Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. - 1996. - Vol. 116 , iss. 3 - P. 247-301 . - ISSN 0024-4082 . - DOI : 10.1006 / zjls.1996.0020 .
- Az Cazier, Mont A. A revision of the North American flies (Apiacera Diptera, Apioceridae) of the American flies // Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. - 1982. - V. 171 , № 4 . - p . 285-467 .
- Io Cazier, Mont A. Apiocera (Diptera, Apioceridae). NO. 2837 . - New York: American Museum novitates, 1985. - 28 p.
- Tig Artigas JN Los apioceratidos de Chile con la description de cinco nuevas especies (Diptera: Apioceratidae). // Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion. - 1970. - V. 42 . - pp . 97-122 .
- ↑ A / O Diptera Catalog - Apioceridae (English) . hbs.bishopmuseum.org. The appeal date is April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Yeates DK Revision of African Apiocera (Diptera: Apioceridae) (Eng.) // Annals of the Natal Museum. - 1994. - Vol. 35 , no. 1 . - P. 123-131 .
- Paramonov SJ 1953. A review of Australian Apioceridae (Diptera). Aust. J. Zool. 1: 449-536.
