Nemestrinidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Nemestrinidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Nemestrinidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nemestrinidae
Nemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae.
Larvae are endoparasitoids of either grasshoppers (Trichopsideinae) or scarab beetles (Hirmoneurinae). Some are considered important in the control of grasshopper populations. Adults are often observed on flowers.
...Nemestrinidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 擬長吻虻科
- English
- Tangleveined Flies
- English
- Tangle-veined Flies
- German
- Netzfliegen
- Japanese
- ツリアブモドキ科
- Korean
- 어리재니등에과
- Russian
- Длиннохоботницы
- Ukrainian
- Шпилькаркові
- Ukrainian
- Неместриніди
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