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Neriidae

The Neriidae are a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae. Some species are known as cactus flies, while others have been called banana stalk flies and the family was earlier treated as subfamily of the Micropezidae which are often called stilt-legged flies. Neriids differ from micropezids in having no significant reduction of…

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Morphology of Diptera
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Ecology and evolution of neriid flies

Derocephalus angusticollisTelegonyPiophilid
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FliesMicropezidaeSpeciesNorth American
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related to Further reading · 76
Neriidae → Acalyptratae, Acalyptraten-Gruppe, Aczel, African, Agriculture Canada, American Neriidae, Annals, Arten, Barraclough, Berg, Biology, Cladistics, De Carvalho, Diptera, Dipteren, Dipteren II, Empididae, Entomol, Entomologia, Entomologie
related to Family characteristics · 11
Neriidae → Diptera, For, In, Larvae, Many, Micropezidae, Morphology, Most, Neriid, Neriids, The
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Neriidae → BehaviourBug Guide, EOLDiptera, Family Neriidae, Japanese

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doi 10 diptera pmid bonduriansky s2cid flies species neriid telostylinus family micropezidae larval journal angusticollis de 1111 ecology males male

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Neriidaerelated to External linksFamily Neriidae0.60section
Neriidaerelated to External linksEOLDiptera0.60section
Neriidaerelated to External linksJapanese0.60section
Neriidaerelated to External linksBehaviourBug Guide0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsMost0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsMany0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsIn0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsNeriid0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsLarvae0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsThe0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsMicropezidae0.60section
Neriidaerelated to Family characteristicsNeriids0.60section

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