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Scarab Pursuing Flies
Pyrgotidae
The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli. Most species are "picture-winged" (i.e, have patterns of bands or spots on the wings), as is typical among the Tephritoidea, but unlike other tephritoids, they are endoparasitoids; the females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle's back under the elytra where the beetle cannot reach it. The egg hatches and the fly larva...
39 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pyrgota
genusPyrgota
Sphecomyiella
genusSphecomyiella
Boreothrinax
genusBoreothrinax
Cardiacera
genusCardiacera
Eupyrgota
genusEupyrgota
Neotoxura
genusNeotoxura
Adapsilia
genusAdapsilia
Osa
genusOsa
Pyrgotella
genusPyrgotella
Campylocera
genusCampylocera
Porpomastix
genusPorpomastix
Parageloemyia
genusParageloemyia
Prodalmannia
genusProdalmannia
Leptopyrgota
genusLeptopyrgota
Tephritopyrgota
genusTephritopyrgota
Facilina
genusFacilina
Stenopyrgota
genusStenopyrgota
Commoniella
genusCommoniella
Maenomenus
genusMaenomenus
Euphya
genusEuphya
Toxopyrgota
genusToxopyrgota
Frontalia
genusFrontalia
Teretrura
genusTeretrura
Idiopyrgota
genusIdiopyrgota
Geloemyia
genusGeloemyia
Carrerapyrgota
genusCarrerapyrgota
Toxura
genusToxura
Adapsila
genusAdapsila
Korneyevia
genusKorneyevia
Tylotrypes
genusTylotrypes
Metropina
genusMetropina
Pyrgotina
genusPyrgotina
Platynostira
genusPlatynostira
Tephritocampylocera
genusTephritocampylocera
Prohypotyphla
genusProhypotyphla
Clemaxia
genusClemaxia
Diasteneura
genusDiasteneura
Hypotyphla
genusHypotyphla
Congopyrgota
genusCongopyrgota
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122133.