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Micropezidae

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The Micropezidae are a moderate-sized family of acalyptrate muscoid flies in the insect order Diptera, comprising about 500 species in about 50 genera and five subfamilies worldwide, (except New Zealand and Macquarie Island). [1]

47 relations: Acalyptratae, Anaeropsis, Animal, Ant mimicry, Arthropod, Badisis, Baltic amber, Brassicaceae, Calobatina, Cardiacephala, Cephalotus, Compsobata, Detritivore, Eocene, Eugène Séguy, Feces, Fly, Ginger, Grallipeza, Grigory Bey-Bienko, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Herbivore, Hermann Loew, Ichneumonidae, Insect, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Kerguelen Islands, Leander Czerny, Macquarie Island, Metopochetus, Michel Kerguélen, Micropeza, Morphology of Diptera, Neotropical realm, Nerioidea, New Zealand, Plocoscelus, Predation, Pringlea, Rabbits in Australia, Rainieria, Schizophora, Strongylophthalmyia, Taeniaptera, Taeniapterinae, Tertiary, Wasp.

Acalyptratae

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

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Anaeropsis

Anaeropsis is a genus of stilt-legged fly.

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Animal

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

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Ant mimicry

Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms.

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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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Badisis

Badisis is a stilt-legged fly genus with only one known species, Badisis ambulans.

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Baltic amber

The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite.

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Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae or Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.

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Calobatina

Calobatina is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Cardiacephala

Cardiacephala is a genus of flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Cephalotus

Cephalotus (or; Greek: κεφαλή "head", and οὔς/ὠτός "ear", to describe the head of the anthers) is a genus which contains one species, Cephalotus follicularis the Australian pitcher plant, a small carnivorous pitcher plant.

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Compsobata

Compsobata is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Detritivore

Detritivores, also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders, or detritus eaters, are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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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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Feces

Feces (or faeces) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine.

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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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Ginger

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine.

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Grallipeza

Grallipeza is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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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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Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald IslandsCIA World Factbook. Accessed 4 January 2009.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.

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Hermann Loew

Friedrich Hermann Loew (19 July 1807 – 21 April 1879) was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges.

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Ichneumonidae

The Ichneumonidae are a parasitoid wasp family within the order Hymenoptera.

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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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Johann Wilhelm Meigen

Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.

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Kerguelen Islands

The Kerguelen Islands (or; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel des Kerguelen), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting one of the two exposed parts of the mostly submerged Kerguelen Plateau.

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Leander Czerny

Leander (Franz) Czerny (4 October 1859, in Modřice, Moravia – 22 November 1944, in Pettenbach (de), Upper Austria) was an Austrian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.

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Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57' E.

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Metopochetus

Metopochetus is a genus of stilt-legged flies.

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Michel Kerguélen

Michel François-Jacques Kerguélen (1928–1999) was a French botanist.

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Micropeza

Micropeza is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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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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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Nerioidea

Nerioidea is a superfamily of Acalyptratae flies.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Plocoscelus

Plocoscelus is a genus of flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Pringlea

Pringlea antiscorbutica, commonly known as Kerguelen cabbage, is a flowering plant and the sole member of the monotypic genus Pringlea in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae.

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Rabbits in Australia

European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were introduced to Australia in the 18th century with the First Fleet and eventually became widespread.

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Rainieria

Rainieria is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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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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Strongylophthalmyia

Strongylophthalmyia are a Genus of slender, long-legged flies, the majority of which occur in the Oriental and Australasian regions.

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Taeniaptera

Taeniaptera is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Taeniapterinae

Taeniapterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Micropezidae.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.

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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.

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Micropezid, Stilt-legged flies, Stilt-legged fly.

References

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

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