Pipunculidae

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Pipunculidae
Temporal range: Ypresian - Present
File:Nephrocerus scutellatus.jpg
Nephrocerus scutellatus specimen
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Pipunculidae
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Dorilaidae
  • Dorylaidae

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Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large (holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described.

The larvae of Pipunculidae develop as parasitoids almost exclusively in Auchenorrhyncha, the exception being the genus Nephrocerus, whose hosts are adult Tipulidae (crane flies). The larvae develop rapidly within the crane flies before pupating in the soil.[1] In all pipunculids there are only two larval stages. Some species are used as biological control agents in rice fields.

File:Wing venation of Pipunculidae.JPG
Typical wing venation of Pipunculidae

Taxonomy

Taxonomy as shown at the Tree of life,[2] with modification based on Kehlmaier, Dierick and Skevington (2014).[3]

Subfamily Chalarinae

Subfamily Nephrocerinae

Subfamily Protonephrocerinae

Subfamily Pipunculinae

See also

List of British Pipunculidae

References

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  2. ↑ Pipunculidae at the Tree of life
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