Tephritoidea

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 enters the body cavity of the beetle, feeding and eventually killing the host before pupating. In the United States, some species of Pyrg

The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. It has over 7,800 species, the majority of them in family Tephritidae.

thumb|Richardiidae from Brazil, likely Setellia sp. The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.

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Lonchaea is a genus of lance flies in the family Lonchaeidae. There are at least 238 described species in Lonchaea, found worldwide. thumb|Lonchaea, Oviposition into the boreholes of beetles on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany. thumb|Lonchaea, Belgium thumb|Lonchaea, Oklahoma

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