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Hover Flies
(Family Syrphidae)
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Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are...
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Superfamily Asiloidea
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The Asiloidea comprise a very large superfamily insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide, with many species living in dry, sandy habitat types. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects. Members of the other families are mainly flower visitors as adults and predators as larvae.
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Muscoid Flies
(Superfamily Muscoidea)
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Muscoidea is a superfamily of flies in the subsection Calyptratae.
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Common Flower Flies
(Genus Syrphus)
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Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies. It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter. (as well as hairs on the rear margin of the calypter as in most Syrphini)
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Streaktails
(Genus Allograpta)
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Allograpta is a very large and diverse genus of hoverflies present throughout the world except most of the palearctic region. The adults are brightly coloured flower pollinators and most larvae have a predatory feeding mode involving soft-bodied sternorrhynchans. Certain species have diverged from this and their larvae have been found to be leaf-miners, stem-borers or pollen-feeders. Allograpta is currently being studied using both molecular and morphological methods to produ
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Exotic Streaktail
(Allograpta exotica)
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Allograpta exotica is a species in the family Syrphidae ("syrphid flies"), in the order Diptera ("flies").
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Genus Asemosyrphus
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Asemosyrphus is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. There are three described species in Asemosyrphus. They were formerly members of the genus Lejops.
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Flower-loving Flies
(Family Apioceridae)
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The Apioceridae, or flower-loving flies, are a small (about 150 species) family of flies, all in the single genus Apiocera. They occur mostly in dry, sandy habitats in the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Other genera formerly placed in Apioceridae are now in Mydidae.
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