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Apiocera

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Asiloidea
Family:	Apioceridae Bigot, 1857
Genus:	Apiocera Westwood, 1835
Subgenera
Apiocera Pyrocera Ripidosyrma Anypenus

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.

Diversity and biogeography

The roughly 150 species of Apiocera are divided into four subgenera, each restricted to a different continent. Apiocera is found in Australia, Ripidosyrma in southern Africa, Pyrocera in North America, and Anypenus in South America.

Biology

Apiocera species are found in sandy, arid and semiarid habitats. Despite the common name, most Apiocera species never visit flowers, but rather are found running on the ground near sparse vegetation, or feeding on honeydew beneath aphid-infested plants. They are often seen drinking from damp sand with their sponge-like mouthparts. The larvae of Apiocera maritima are found in sand near the high-water mark of coastal beaches.

Species

This section contains a list of 138 species:

A. acuticauda Cazier, 1982
A. acutipalpis Paramonov, 1953
A. afacialis Paramonov, 1953
A. alastor (Walker, 1849)
A. albanyana Paramonov, 1953
A. aldrichi Painter, 1936
A. aliena Paramonov, 1953
A. alleni Cazier, 1941
A. ammophila Cazier, 1982
A. angusta Paramonov, 1953
A. antennata Paramonov, 1953
A. arena Cazier, 1982
A. arnaudi Cazier, 1982
A. asilica Westwood, 1835
A. asiloides Paramonov, 1953
A. augur Osten Sacken, 1886
A. aurelia Artigas, 1970
A. auripilosa Cazier, 1982
A. australis Paramonov, 1953
A. badipeniculata Yeates, 1994
A. barri Cazier, 1982
A. basivillosa Paramonov, 1953
A. beameri Painter, 1936
A. bibula Cazier, 1982
A. bigelowi Cazier, 1982
A. bigotii (Macquart, 1847)
A. bilineata Painter, 1932
A. braunsi Melander, 1907
A. brevicornis (Wiedemann, 1830)
A. caboae Cazier, 1982
A. calida Cazier, 1982
A. caloris Painter, 1936
A. campbelli Paramonov, 1953
A. canuta Cazier, 1982
A. cerata Paramonov, 1961
A. chiltonae Cazier, 1982
A. chrysolasia Cazier, 1982
A. clavator Painter, 1936
A. commoni Paramonov, 1953
A. constricta Cazier, 1985
A. contrasta Paramonov, 1953
A. convergens Painter, 1936
A. davidsonorum Cazier, 1982
A. deforma Norris, 1936
A. deserticola Paramonov, 1953
A. draperae Cazier, 1982
A. elegans Paramonov, 1953
A. englishae Paramonov, 1953
A. excepta Paramonov, 1953
A. exta Cazier, 1941
A. fallax Cazier, 1982
A. fasciata Paramonov, 1953
A. femoralis Cazier, 1982
A. ferruginea Paramonov, 1953
A. fisheri Cazier, 1982
A. flabellata Paramonov, 1953
A. foleyi Cazier, 1982
A. franckei Cazier, 1982
A. fullerae Paramonov, 1953
A. goerlingi Paramonov, 1953
A. hamata Cazier, 1982
A. hardyi Paramonov, 1953
A. haruspex Osten Sacken, 1877
A. helenae Paramonov, 1953
A. hispida Cazier, 1941
A. horticolis Cazier, 1982
A. immedia Hardy, 1940
A. imminuta Hardy, 1940
A. infinita Cazier, 1941
A. interrupta Painter, 1936
A. intonsa Cazier, 1941
A. latifrons Paramonov, 1953
A. latipennis Paramonov, 1953
A. lavignei Cazier, 1985
A. linsleyi Cazier, 1982
A. longicauda Paramonov, 1961
A. longitudinalis Paramonov, 1953
A. lugubris Paramonov, 1953
A. mackerrasi Paramonov, 1953
A. macswaini Cazier, 1982
A. maritima Hardy, 1933
A. maxima Paramonov, 1953
A. melanura Cazier, 1941
A. mexicana Cazier, 1954
A. minckleyi Cazier, 1982
A. minor Norris, 1936
A. moderata Paramonov, 1953
A. moerens Westwood, 1841
A. monticola Artigas, 1970
A. mortensoni Cazier, 1982
A. mulegeae Cazier, 1985
A. newmani Norris, 1936
A. nicholsoni Paramonov, 1953
A. norrisi Hardy, 1940
A. norrisiana Paramonov, 1953
A. notata Painter, 1936
A. oblonga Paramonov, 1953
A. obscura (Philippi, 1865)
A. ogradyi Cazier, 1982
A. omniflava Paramonov, 1953
A. ordana Paramonov, 1953
A. orientalis Paramonov, 1953
A. ornata Paramonov, 1953
A. painteri Cazier, 1963
A. pallida Norris, 1936
A. parahydra Cazier, 1982
A. parkeri Cazier, 1941
A. pearcei Cazier, 1941
A. philippii Brethes, 1924
A. pica Norris, 1936
A. picoides Paramonov, 1953
A. pilosoris Paramonov, 1953
A. powelli Cazier, 1982
A. pruinosa Cazier, 1982
A. pulcherrima Paramonov, 1961
A. pulchra Paramonov, 1953
A. reginae Paramonov, 1953
A. rockefelleri Cazier, 1982
A. rubrifasciata Cazier, 1982
A. septentrionalis Paramonov, 1953
A. similis Paramonov, 1953
A. sonorae Cazier, 1954
A. spectabilis Cazier, 1982
A. striativentris Paramonov, 1953
A. swani Paramonov, 1953
A. sylvestris Cazier, 1982
A. tonnoiri Norris, 1936
A. trimaculata Painter, 1936
A. tropica Paramonov, 1953
A. unicolor Paramonov, 1953
A. varia Cazier, 1985
A. vespera Paramonov, 1953
A. victoriae Paramonov, 1953
A. volucra Cazier, 1982
A. voragocolis Cazier, 1982
A. vulpes Hermann, 1909
A. warneri Cazier, 1985
A. wilcoxi Cazier, 1982

References

^ David K. Yeates & Michael E. Irwin (1996). "Apioceridae (Insecta: Diptera): cladistic reappraisal and biogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116 (3): 247–301. doi:10.1006/zjls.1996.0020.
^ Cazier, Mont A (1982). "A revision of the North American flies belonging to the genus Apiocera (Diptera, Apioceridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 171 (4): 287–467. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ Paramonov, S. J. (1953). "A review of Australian Apioceridae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 1 (3): 449–537. doi:10.1071/zo9530449.
Walker, F. (1849). "List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II". British Museum (Natural History), London: +231-484.

External links

Data related to Apiocera at Wikispecies
Apioceridae from Brisbane (Archived 2009-10-25)
www.mydidae.tdvia.de Website von Torsten Dikow (in English)
Torsten Dikow: New insight on the phylogenetic relationships within Mydidae and its relationship to Apioceridae
Robert A. Cannings: A review of the distribution and natural history of Apiocera barri and Nemomydas pantherinus

Extant Diptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Nematocera

Axymyiomorpha	Axymyiidae

Culicomorpha

Culicoidea	Dixidae (meniscus midges) Corethrellidae (frog-biting midges) Chaoboridae (phantom midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Chironomoidea	Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting midges)

Blephariceromorpha	Blephariceridae (net-winged midges) Deuterophlebiidae (mountain midges) Nymphomyiidae

Bibionomorpha

Bibionoidea	Bibionidae (march flies, lovebugs)
Anisopodoidea	Anisopodidae (wood gnats)
Sciaroidea (fungus gnats)	Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory fungus gnats) Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats) Mycetophilidae Rangomaramidae (long-winged fungus gnats) Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats)

Perissommatomorpha	Perissommatidae

Psychodomorpha

Scatopsoidea	Canthyloscelidae Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies, or dung midges) Valeseguyidae
Psychodoidea	Psychodidae (moth flies)

Ptychopteromorpha	Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies) Tanyderidae (primitive crane flies)

Tipulomorpha

Trichoceroidea	Trichoceridae (winter crane flies)
Tipuloidea (crane flies)	Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies) Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies) Tipulidae (large crane flies)

Suborder Brachycera

Asilomorpha

Asiloidea	Apioceridae (flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas flies) Mythicomyiidae Scenopinidae (window flies) Therevidae (stiletto flies)
Empidoidea	Atelestidae Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) Empididae (dagger flies, balloon flies) Homalocnemiidae Hybotidae (dance flies) Oreogetonidae Ragadidae
Nemestrinoidea	Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined flies)

Muscomorpha

Aschiza

Platypezoidea	Ironomyiidae (ironic flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed flies)
Syrphoidea	Pipunculidae (big-headed flies) Syrphidae (hoverflies)

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Conopoidea	Conopidae (thick-headed flies)
Tephritoidea	Pallopteridae (flutter flies) Piophilidae (cheese flies) Platystomatidae (signal flies) Pyrgotidae Richardiidae Tephritidae (peacock flies) Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies)
Nerioidea	Cypselosomatidae Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) Neriidae (cactus flies, banana stalk flies)
Diopsoidea	Diopsidae (stalk-eyed flies) Gobryidae Megamerinidae Nothybidae Psilidae (rust flies) Somatiidae Strongylophthalmyiidae Syringogastridae Tanypezidae
Sciomyzoidea	Coelopidae (kelp flies) Dryomyzidae Helcomyzidae Helosciomyzidae Heterocheilidae Huttoninidae Natalimyzidae Phaeomyiidae Ropalomeridae Sciomyzidae (marsh flies) Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)
Sphaeroceroidea	Chyromyidae Heleomyzidae Nannodastiidae Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)
Lauxanioidea	Celyphidae (beetle-backed flies) Chamaemyiidae (aphid flies) Cremifaniidae Lauxaniidae
Opomyzoidea	Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies) Anthomyzidae Asteiidae Aulacigastridae (sap flies) Clusiidae (lekking, or druid flies) Fergusoninidae Marginidae Neminidae Neurochaetidae (upside-down flies) Odiniidae Opomyzidae Periscelididae Teratomyzidae Xenasteiidae
Ephydroidea	Camillidae Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies) Diastatidae (bog flies) Drosophilidae (vinegar and fruit flies) Ephydridae (shore flies) Mormotomyiidae (frightful hairy fly)
Carnoidea	Acartophthalmidae Australimyzidae Braulidae (bee lice) Canacidae (beach flies) Carnidae Chloropidae (frit flies) Inbiomyiidae Milichiidae (freeloader flies)
Lonchaeoidea	Cryptochetidae Lonchaeidae (lance flies)

Calyptratae

Muscoidea	Anthomyiidae (cabbage flies) Fanniidae (little house flies) Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) Scathophagidae (dung flies)
Oestroidea	Calliphoridae (blow-flies: bluebottles, greenbottles) Mesembrinellidae Mystacinobiidae (New Zealand batfly) Oestridae (botflies) Rhiniidae Rhinophoridae Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) Tachinidae (tachina flies) Ulurumyiidae
Hippoboscoidea	Glossinidae (tsetse flies) Hippoboscidae (louse flies) Nycteribiidae (bat flies) Streblidae (bat flies)

Stratiomyomorpha

Stratiomyoidea	Pantophthalmidae (timber flies) Stratiomyidae (soldier flies) Xylomyidae (wood soldier flies)

Tabanomorpha

Rhagionoidea	Austroleptidae Bolbomyiidae Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
Tabanoidea	Athericidae (water snipe flies) Oreoleptidae Pelecorhynchidae Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

Vermileonomorpha

Vermileonoidea	Vermileonidae

Xylophagomorpha

Xylophagoidea	Xylophagidae (awl flies)

List of families of Diptera

Taxon identifiers
Apiocera	Wikidata: Q5318516 Wikispecies: Apiocera AFD: Apiocera BOLD: 758530 BugGuide: 172904 EoL: 55333 GBIF: 1611607 iNaturalist: 173090 IRMNG: 1299531 ITIS: 132326 NCBI: 160270 Open Tree of Life: 496666 Plazi: D62FCF51-7A54-BF00-4C32-28BE0D72A2B7

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