Lynx flies
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The lynx flies (Therevidae), also known as stiletto flies , are a family of the two-winged flies (Diptera). Here they are counted among the flies (Brachycera).
features
The flies are often bristly or furry hairy and outwardly resemble the predatory flies (Asilidae), with which they are closely related. Unlike these, however, they do not have a sunken forehead or bulging eyes. They have long legs and the females wear a wreath of bristles around their egg-laying apparatus ( ovipositor ). They owe the name "stiletto flies" to their body shape, in which the chest and head area corresponds to the handle and the pointed abdomen corresponds to the blade of a stiletto .
Way of life
The lynx flies live mainly in meadows and pastures, occasionally they can be found on the flowers of shrubs or on foliage. Mostly they occur in dry areas with sandy soils. The adults only consume liquids, mostly water. Although the lynx flies are quite good fliers, their flights are usually very short. Eggs are laid in sandy soils.
The larvae of the lynx flies are very slender and curled. This ringing creates the impression that they consist of 19 segments. They live in the ground, sometimes also in rotten wood, and move meandering through the substrate. They prey on beetle larvae and other soft-skinned ground dwellers, into which they inject a poison and then suck out the prey. Hibernation takes place as a larva, pupation takes place in the ground. The puppet rest often only lasts eight to twelve days.
species
A well-known representative of the lynx flies is Acrosathe annulata . The representatives of this family can be found mainly on dunes and heather .
Around 1,000 species from this group are known worldwide, 32 of them in Germany. In Europe there are over 100 species.
- Acrosathe annulata ( Fabricius , 1805)
- Acrosathe baltica Andersson , 1994
- Acrosathe erberi Lyneborg , 1986
- Acrosathe sybarita ( Loew , 1873)
- Acrosathe taurica Lyneborg , 1986
- Ammothereva laticornis ( Loew , 1856)
- Ammothereva poecilopa ( Loew , 1871)
- Baryphora speciosa Loew , 1844
- Chrysanthemyia rhagioniformis ( Dufour , 1883)
- Cionophora kollari Egger , 1854
- Cliorismia ardea ( Fabricius , 1794)
- Cliorismia flavipes ( Kröber , 1912)
- Cliorismia rustica ( tank , 1804)
- Dialineura analis ( Linnaeus , 1761)
- Dichoglena nigripennis ( Ruthe , 1831)
- Euphycus dispar ( Kröber , 1912)
- Irwiniella frontata ( Báez , 1982)
- Irwiniella nana ( Wollaston , 1858)
- Irwiniella nobilipennis ( Frey , 1939)
- Irwiniella purpurariae ( Frey , 1958)
- Pandivirilia caesia ( Meigen , 1838)
- Pandivirilia eximia ( Meigen , 1820)
- Pandivirilia fuscipennis ( Meigen , 1820)
- Pandivirilia melaleuca ( Loew , 1847)
- Pandivirilia nigroanalis ( Kröber , 1928)
- Psilocephala imberbis ( Fallén , 1814)
- Ruppellia atlantica ( Frey , 1937)
- Ruppellia gloriae Báez , 1982
- Salentia asiatica Zaitzev , 1977
- Salentia costalis ( Wiedemann , 1824)
- Salentia fuscipennis Costa , 1857
- Salentia nigripes ( Kröber , 1912)
- Salentia tristis ( from Röder , 1885)
- Salentia xestomyzina ( Strobl , 1909)
- Schoutedenomyia superba ( Kröber , 1912)
- Spiriverpa lunulata ( Zetterstedt , 1838)
- Thereva albohirta Kröber , 1912
- Thereva albovittata Strobl , 1909
- Thereva apicalis Wiedemann , 1821
- Thereva aurata Loew , 1854
- Thereva bicinctella Costa , 1883
- Thereva binotata Loew , 1847
- Thereva biroi Kröber , 1913
- Thereva brevicornis Loew , 1847
- Thereva callosa Kröber , 1912
- Thereva canescens Kröber , 1912
- Thereva cincta Meigen , 1829
- Thereva cinifera Meigen , 1830
- Thereva circumscripta Loew , 1847
- Thereva confusa Kröber , 1913
- Thereva eggeri Lyneborg & Spitzer , 1974
- Thereva flavescens Loew , 1847
- Thereva frontosa Kröber , 1912
- Thereva fulva ( Meigen , 1804)
- Thereva fuscinervis Zetterstedt , 1838
- Thereva glaucescens Kröber , 1912
- Thereva gomerae Báez , 1982
- Thereva graeca Kröber , 1912
- Thereva grancanariensis Báez , 1982
- Thereva grisea Kröber , 1913
- Thereva handlirschi Kröber , 1912
- Thereva hilarimorpha Kröber , 1912
- Thereva hispanica Strobl , 1909
- Thereva hyalina Kröber , 1913
- Thereva inornata Verrall , 1909
- Thereva insularis Becker , 1922
- Thereva lanata Zetterstedt , 1838
- Thereva Laufferi Strobl , 1909
- Thereva macedonica Kröber , 1912
- Thereva maculipennis Kröber , 1912
- Thereva marginula Meigen , 1820
- Thereva microcephala Loew , 1847
- Thereva neglecta Kröber , 1912
- Thereva nigrifrons Kröber , 1913
- Thereva nitida Macquart , 1934
- Thereva nobilitata ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Thereva obtecta Loew , 1847
- Thereva occulta Becker , 1908
- Thereva oculata Egger , 1859
- Thereva opaca Kröber , 1913
- Thereva pallipes Loew , 1869
- Thereva plebeja ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Thereva praecox Egger , 1859
- Thereva punctipennis Wiedemann , 1821
- Thereva rossica Becker , 1922
- Thereva rufiventris Kröber , 1912
- Thereva rustica Loew , 1840
- Thereva sobrina Kröber , 1912
- Thereva spiloptera Wiedemann , 1824
- Thereva spinulosa Loew , 1847
- Thereva strigata ( Fabricius , 1794)
- Thereva subnitida Kröber , 1913
- Thereva teydea intermedia Báez , 1982
- Thereva teydea orientalis Báez , 1982
- Thereva teydea teydea Frey , 1937
- Thereva teydea Frey , 1937
- Thereva tomentosa Kröber , 1913
- Thereva tristis Loew , 1847
- Thereva tuberculata Loew , 1847
- Thereva unica ( Harris , 1780)
- Thereva unicolor Kröber , 1913
- Thereva valida Loew , 1847
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Therevidae. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on June 9, 2008 .
literature
- Klaus Honomichl, Heiko Bellmann : Biology and ecology of insects ; CD-Rom, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1994
