Neurochaetidae
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| Neurochaetidae | |
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| Neurochaeta inversa, a species of upside-down fly. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Opomyzoidea |
| Family: | Neurochaetidae McAlpine, 1978 |
Neurochaetidae is a family of flies belonging to the order Diptera.[1] These flies are also known as upside-down flies because they maintain a "head downwards" orientation while walking on vertical or steeply sloped surfaces.[2] Neurochaetids date back to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary, with fossils of the extinct genus Anthoclusia in Baltic amber described by Willi Hennig,[3] and the extant genera are native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.[4]
Neurochaeta is the type genus for Neurochaetidae, and Neurochaeta inversa is the type species for Neurochaeta.[5]
Genera:[1]
- Anthoclusia Hennig, 1965
- Neurochaeta McAlpine, 1978
- Neurocytta McAlpine, 1988
- Neurotexis McAlpine, 1988
- Nothoasteia Malloch, 1936