Vermileonidae (lat.) - a family of dipterans insects secreted into the monotypic infraorder Vermileonomorpha . About 50 species [1] . Larvae lead a predatory lifestyle similar to the behavior of ant lion larvae: they also build small sand funnels in which they catch ants and other small invertebrates [2] [3] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Systematics
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Distribution
They are found everywhere (including southern Europe), except Australasia and Antarctica. The greatest diversity is noted in Afrotropic [1] . The resettlement of the family is supposed to have occurred in the Jurassic or Early Cretaceous [4] .
Systematics
10 genera and about 50 species. Previously considered in the family Rhagionidae as a subfamily Vermileoninae [5] . In general, the group was included in Asilomorpha or considered as a separate infra-detachment Vermileonomorpha . Recently included in the composition of Tabanomorpha [1] .
- Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg, 2003 - 1 view, Oman , Africa
- Isalomyia Stuckenberg, 2002 - 1 view, Madagascar
- Lampromyia Macquart , 1835 - 13 spp. , Palaearctic , Afrotropica
- Leptynoma Westwood , 1876 - 7 species, Palearctic, Afrotropica
- Namaquamyia Stuckenberg, 2002 - 1 view, South Africa , Africa [6]
- Vermileo Macquart , 1834 - 10 Species, Holarctic , Neotropics
- Vermilynx Stuckenberg, 1995 - 2 species, Afrotropic
- Vermiophis Yang, 1979 - 7 species, Palearctic
- Vermipardus Stuckenberg, 1960 - 13 species, Afrotropica
- Vermitigris Wheeler , 1930 - 4 species, India , Indonesia , China
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Charles Morphy Dias Santos (2008). Geographical Distribution of Tabanomorpha (Diptera, Brachycera): Athericidae, Austroleptidae, Oreoleptidae, Rhagionidae, And Vermileonidae. EntomoBrasilis 1 (3): 43-50. ISSN: 1983-0572
- ↑ Trappole di terra (Italian) (Retrieved May 13, 2012)
- ↑ Dušan Devetak (2008). Substrate particle size-preference of wormlion Vermileo vermileo (Diptera: Vermileonidae) larvae and their interaction with antlions. European Journal of Entomology 105: 631-635. ISSN: 1210-5759.
- ↑ Brian R. Stuckenberg. A new genus and species of Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Madagascar . www.semanticscholar.org (2002). Date of treatment September 2, 2019.
- ↑ Richards, OW and Davies, RG, Imms' General Textbook of Entomology, pub: Chapman & Hall, 10th ed 1977
- ↑ Stuckenberg, BR 2000. Namamyia, a new genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera) from Namaqualand, with a conspectus of the Southern African genera and an account of their adaptations for anthophily. (unavailable link) - Annals of the Natal Museum 41: 181-202.
Literature
- Dušan Devetak (2008). Substrate particle size-preference of wormlion Vermileo vermileo (Diptera: Vermileonidae) larvae and their interaction with antlions. - European Journal of Entomology 105: 631-635. ISSN: 1210-5759.
- Nagatomi, A. 1997. Family Vermileonidae. I: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera . 2: 447–458. Science Herald, Budapest.
- Stuckenberg, BR 2000. Namamyia, a new genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera) from Namaqualand, with a conspectus of the Southern African genera and an account of their adaptations for anthophily. (unavailable link) - Annals of the Natal Museum 41: 181-202.
- Wiegmann, BM et al. 2000: Monophyly and relationships of the Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S ribosomal gene sequences. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America , 93 (5): 1031-1038.
- Zhang, K .; Yang, D .; Ren, D .; Shih, C. 2010: An evolutional special case in the lower Orthorrhapha: some attractive fossil flies from the Middle Jurassic of China (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera). - Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 158 (3): 563-572.