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Flutter-wing Flies
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Flutter-wing Flies

Pallopteridae

Pallopteridae is a family of flies. The various species are collectively called flutter-wing flies, trembling-wing, or waving-wing flies, because of the striking vibration of the wings in many species. Over 70 species in about 15 genera are found in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Toxonevra

genusToxonevra

Palloptera

genusPalloptera

Temnosira

genusTemnosira

Maorina

genusMaorina

Eurygnathomyia

genusEurygnathomyia

Heloparia

genusHeloparia

Morgea

genusMorgea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147033.