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Phylogenetic relationships of Tephritoidea, Nothyboidea, and Ephydroidea flies (based on McAlpine (1981); Gibson et al. (2010); Wiegmann et al. (2011)). Outgroups were selected based on current hypotheses of phylogeny: the superfamily Nothyboidea (including Psilidae) forms a sister group to the superfamily Tephritoidea (including Ulidiidae). Drosophilidae (superfamily Nothyboidea) is a sister group to Nothyboidea ephritoidea.
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Ulidiidae makes their nests on the ground, making their eggs and young often very vulnerable to predation. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. Many have interesting mating displays, such as inflating throat sacs or raising elaborate feather crests. The female lays three to five dark, speckled eggs in a scrat...
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... species: Neomyennis appendiculata (Hendel 1909), Neomyennis zebra Hendel, 1909, Neomyennis sp., Euxesta sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830), Euxesta problemeluta Loew 1868, Problem scalaris Blanchard, 1936, Tetrapleura picta Schiner, 1868, Willineria orfilai Blanchard, 1951, Achias lobularis Wiedemann, 1830, Dorycera melanotica Hennig, 1939, Dorycera persica Hennig, 1939, Melieria nigritarsis Becker, 1903, Melieria unicolor (Loew, 1854, Melieri asiatica (Hennig, 1939), Ceroxys confusa (Becker, 1913), Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) and Ceroxys hortulana (Rossi, 1790) ( Figure 23) [13] . ...
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Ulidiidae makes their nests on the ground, making their eggs and young often very vulnerable to predation. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. Many have interesting mating displays, such as inflating throat sacs or raising elaborate feather crests. The female lays three to five dark, speckled eggs in a scrat...
