Pale-winged [1] or pallopterid [2] ( Latin Pallopteridae) is a family of flies of the Diptera .
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 Palloptera umbellatarum | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Pallopteridae Loew , 1862 |
Spread
Worldwide. There are about 45 species in the Holarctic , about 6 species in the Neotropics, and about 10 species in the Australasian region. In the fauna of Russia there are 22 species from 3 genera [3] .
Description
Small flies (2.5-7.0 mm), yellowish-brown in color with spotted wings. Vibrissa no. Legs are yellow. The larvae develop under the bark of trees (where they eat the larvae of bark beetles and gall midges) or in the stems of grassy plants [3] [4] .
Systematics
There are about 60 species and 12-15 genera in the world fauna [3] .
- Aenigmatomyia Malloch , 1933
- Eurygnathomyia Czerny , 1904
- Gorbunia Ozerov , 1993
- Heloparia Enderlein , 1912
- Homaroides Malloch , 1933
- Maorina Malloch , 1930
- Morgea Hennig , 1967
- Palloptera Fallén , 1820
- Pseudopyrgota Malloch , 1933
- Sciochthis Malloch , 1933
- Temnosira Enderlein , 1936
- Toxonevra Macquart , 1835
Notes
- ↑ Gornostaev G. N. The determinant of the orders and families of insects of the fauna of Russia. -. - M .: Publishing Corporation "Logos", 1999. - 176 p. - ISBN 5-88439-117-X.
- ↑ Striganova B. R. , Zakharov A. A. Pyatiazychny dictionary of animal names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) / Ed. Dr. Biol. sciences, prof. B. R. Striganova .. - M .: RUSSO, 2000. - P. S. 327. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ozerov AL Overview of dipteridae of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the Russian fauna (Review of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the fauna of Russia) (Rus.) // Russian Entomological Journal. - 2009. - Vol. 18 , No. 2 . - pp . 129-146 .
- ↑ Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East. T. IV. Retinae, scorpionnaires, hymenoptera. Part 1 / under total. ed. P. A. Lera . - SPb. : Science, 1995. - p. 531. - 606 p. - 3150 copies - ISBN 5-02-025944-6 .
Literature
- Shtakelberg A. A. Sam. Pallopteridae. // Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 5. Part 2. S.220-222.
- Greve, L. 1993. Family Pallopteridae (Diptera) in Norway. Fauna norvegica Serie B 40: 37-44.
- Greve, L. og Jordan, P. 2004. Toxoneura venusta (Loew, 1858) (Diptera, Pallopteridae) new to Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 51: 30.
- Merz, B. 1998. Family Pallopteridae. I: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 3: 201-210. Science Herald, Budapest.