Rhinophoridae
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Rhinophoridae are a small family of Diptera flies with around 500 species. Rhinophoridae are found in all zoogeographic regions except Australasia and Oceania but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
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[edit] Family description
They are small slender black bristly flies phylogenetically close to Tachinidae although some authors consider them a sister group of Calliphoridae. The larvae are mostly parasitoids of woodlice, beetles, spiders and other arthropods and (a few species of snails).
For a detailed description see [1]
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[edit] Identification (Literature)
- Crosskey, R.W., 1977 A Review of the Rhinophoridae (Diptera) and a revision of the Afrotropical species Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. Ent. 36 (1) 66pp.
- Herting, B., 1961. Rhinophorinae. In: Lindner E. (ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, IX, 64e. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
- Seguy, E., 1928. Etudes sur le mouches parasites 2 - Ccalliphorides. Calliphorines (suite), Sarcophaginae et Rhinophorinae de l'Europe occidentale et meridionale.Recherches sur la morphologie et la distribution geographique des Dipteres a larves parasites. Encyclopédie Entomologique, 9. Lechevalier, Paris.
[edit] References
- Haupt J, Haupt H (1998): Fliegen und Mücken - Beobachtung, Lebensweise, Augsburg
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