Ulidiidae

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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.

Picture Winged fly, Ulidiidae
Tropical Ulidiidae
Callopistromyia annulipes
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Superfamily:Tephritoidea
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Ulidiidae
Tritoxa incurva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Ulidiidae
Macquart, 1835
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Ortalidae
  • Otitidae
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Systematics

The Ulidiidae are divided into two subfamilies.[2]

Subfamily Otitinae

Tribe Cephaliini Schiner, 1864
Tribe Myennidini Kameneva & Korneyev, 2006[11]
Tribe Otitini Aldrich, 1932[1]
Otitinae incertae sedis

Subfamily Ulidiinae

Tribe Lipsanini Enderlin, 1838
Tribe Pterocallini Loew, 1868
Tribe Seiopterini Kameneva and Korneyev, 1994
Syn.: Psairoptera
Syn.: Ortalis Fallén, 1810
Tribe Ulidiini Macquart, 1835

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