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Vermileonidae
The Brachyceran family Vermileonidae (the sole member of the infraorder Vermileonomorpha) is a small family of uncertain affinities and unusual biology, containing fewer than 80 rare species in 10 genera. Historically the Vermileonids had been regarded as belonging to the family Rhagionidae, possibly in a subfamily Vermileoninae. Their biology and morphology is so markedly distinct from the main Rhagionidae sensu stricto, that the placement as a separate family has been widely accepted.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Vermileo
genusVermileo
Lampromyia
genusLampromyia
Leptynoma
genusLeptynoma
Vermiophis
genusVermiophis
Wormleopards
genusVermipardus
Vermitigris
genusVermitigris
Perianthomyia
genusPerianthomyia
Namaquamyia
genusNamaquamyia
Vermilynx
genusVermilynx
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 245355.