Jan Willem A. van Zuijlen, Bob van Aartsen and Paul L.Th. Beuk
Version date: 20-10-2024 17:19
Diagnosis. Medium-sized (2.5-7.0 mm) greyish, reddish to brownish yellow or pale yellow, rather sparsely bristled, acalyptrate flies. Head with one pair of reclinate orbital setae; vibrissae absent. Wings maculated in most species, C with subcostal break. Legs without dorsal preapical setae on tibiae. Females with an elongate, piercer-type ovipositor, varying from narrow to very broad. Sexual dimorphism is only very rarely exhibited.
Biology. Adults are usually diurnal, but some species have only a very short active period in the late afternoon. Adults live in or close to shady environments and may be found in forests, between shrubs and bushes, often close to water. Larvae live in stems of Umbelliferae, Graminae, Juncaceae, in flower heads of Asteraceae, or under the bark of various trees. The larvae living under bark are thought to be feeding on beetles or mycelium. There is still discussion about whether the other species are phytophagous, carnivorous or both.
References to the local fauna. Van Aartsen (2001b), H. de Jong & Van Aartsen (2007), Van Zuijlen (1996h).
Remarks. Original data by Van Zuijlen & Van Aartsen, corrections and updates (publication years marked in red) by Beuk.
How to quote this page: Zuijlen, J.W.A. van, B. van Aartsen, & P.L.Th. Beuk, 2024. Family Pallopteridae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Pallopteridae (date accessed: 19/04/2025).
NL: 11
B: 7
D: 11
UK: 13
World: 60
PALLOPTERIDAE
Palloptera Fallén, 1820
= Toxonevra Macquart, 1835
= Toxoneura Westwood, 1840: emend.
= Temnosira Enderlein, 1936
ambusta (Meigen, 1826)
N; added by Van Aartsen (2001b: 116)
anderssoni Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999
N; added by Van Zuijlen (2020: 364) and Mol et al. (2020: 132)
modesta (Meigen, 1830)
N
= parallela Loew, 1858
muliebris (Harris, 1780)
N; added by Van Zuijlen (1996h: 65)
quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1835)
N
= arcuata (Fabricius, 1781): sensu (Meigen)
= inusta (Meigen, 1826): misident. sensu Van der Wulp & De Meijere, 1898
= campta Czerny, 1934
saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758)
N
scutellata (Macquart, 1835)
N; added by H. de Jong & Van Aartsen (2007: 105)
trimacula (Meigen, 1826)
N
= angelicae (von Roser, 1840)
umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)
N
usta (Meigen, 1826)
N
ustulata Fallén, 1820
N
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