Xylophagidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Xylophagidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Xylophagidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xylophagidae
The Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families (Coenomyiidae and Rachiceridae). Other obsolete names for members of this family include Exeretonevridae and Heterostomidae.
The family is known by the English name awl-flies.
The larvae are often predatory, consuming other insect larvae living in rotting wood.
...Xylophagidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 木虻科
- Czech
- drvohlodkovití
- Dutch
- Houtvliegen
- English
- Awl-flies
- English
- xylophagid flies
- German
- Holzfliegen
- Japanese
- キアブ科
- Korean
- 밑들이파리매과
- Russian
- Стволоедки
- Russian
- Древоедки
- Swedish
- vedflugor
- Ukrainian
- Деревоїдкові
- Ukrainian
- Древесницеві
- Ukrainian
- Ксилофагіди
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