De, Claudio J. B.;Wolff, Marta;Wendt, Lisiane D.
Richardiidae
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thumb|Richardiidae from Brazil, likely Setellia sp. The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyRichardiidae
Insecten De Richardiidae zijn een familie uit de orde van de tweevleugeligen (Diptera), onderorde vliegen (Brachycera). Wereldwijd omvat deze familie zo'n 34 genera en 178 soorten. Bronnen, noten en/of referenties
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 157
- With media
- 72
- Family
- Richardiidae
- Collections
- UCM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Peru, Costa Rica, Belize, Venezuela
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- Muscomorpha
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thumb|Richardiidae from Brazil, likely Setellia sp. The Richardiidae are a family of Diptera in the superfamily Tephritoidea.
This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of the richardiids is little known. Some of the larvae are plant feeders or saprophages in decaying plant material. One species, the pineapple fruit fly Melanoloma viatrix, has been reported as a pest of pineapples. Most adults have some general features, conspicuously pictured wings, often with metallic blue or greenish colors on the body and legs, and a typical tephritoid ovipositor.
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