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Conopidae

Index Conopidae

The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera. [1]

32 relations: Acalyptratae, Aculeata, Animal, Army ant, Arthropod, Biogeographic realm, Bombus terrestris, Brachycera, Conopidae, Conopinae, Conops, Conops quadrifasciatus, Dalmannia, Eugène Séguy, Fly, Grigory Bey-Bienko, Harpoon, Hoverfly, Insect, Journal of Zoology, Mimicry, Morphology of Diptera, Myopa, Myopinae, Otto Kröber, Parasitoid, Physocephala, Physoconops, Proboscis, Royal Entomological Society Handbooks, Schizophora, Stylogaster.

Acalyptratae

The Acalyptratae are a subsection of the Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalyptrates).

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Aculeata

Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Army ant

The name army ant (or legionary ant or marabunta) is applied to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", in which huge numbers of ants forage simultaneously over a certain area.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Biogeographic realm

A biogeographic realm or ecozone is the broadest biogeographic division of the Earth's land surface, based on distributional patterns of terrestrial organisms.

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Bombus terrestris

Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee, is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe.

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Brachycera

The Brachycera are a suborder of the order Diptera.

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Conopidae

The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera.

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Conopinae

Conopinae is a subfamily of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Conops

Conops is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Conops quadrifasciatus

Conops quadrifasciatus, the yellow-banded conops, is a species of flies from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae.

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Dalmannia

Dalmannia is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Eugène Séguy

Eugène Séguy (1890 – 1 June 1985) was a French entomologist / artist who specialised in Diptera.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Grigory Bey-Bienko

Grigory Yakovlevich Bey-Bienko (Григорий Яковлевич Бей-Биенко; 7 February 1903, in Bilopillia, Russian Empire (now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine) – 3 November 1971) was a Russian entomologist who specialized in Orthoptera.

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Harpoon

A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch large fish or marine mammals such as whales.

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Hoverfly

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Journal of Zoology

The Journal of Zoology is a scientific journal concerning zoology, the study of animals.

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Mimicry

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is a similarity of one organism, usually an animal, to another that has evolved because the resemblance is selectively favoured by the behaviour of a shared signal receiver that can respond to both.

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Morphology of Diptera

The Diptera is a very large and diverse order of mostly small to medium-sized insects.

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Myopa

Myopa is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Myopinae

Myopinae is a subfamily of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Otto Kröber

Otto Kröber (22 May 1882 in Hamburg–5 January 1969) was a German entomologist specialising in Diptera.

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Parasitoid

A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.

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Physocephala

Physocephala is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.

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Physoconops

Physoconops is a genus of thick-headed flies in the family Conopidae.

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Proboscis

A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate.

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Royal Entomological Society Handbooks

Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES).

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Schizophora

The Schizophora are a section of true flies containing 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, although technically the term "muscoid" should be limited to flies in the superfamily Muscoidea; this is an example of informal, historical usage persisting in the vernacular.

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Stylogaster

The conopid genus Stylogaster is a group of unusual flies.

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Conopid, Conopoidea, Thick-Headed Fly, Thick-headed flies, Thick-headed fly.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conopidae

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