Nerioidea

Latheticomyia tricolor, from Buck & McAlpine (2010).

Belongs within: Schizophora.
Contains: Taeniapterinae.

The Nerioidea are a clade of flies united by features of the genitalia, including production of the end of the female abdomen into a sclerotised oviscape (Buck & McAlpine 2010). Members of the families Micropezidae and Neriidae are long, slender flies with particularly elongate legs, with the antennal arista being apical in the Neriidae but in a more typical dorsal position in the Micropezidae. The Cypselosomatidae and Pseudopomyzidae are more generalised in appearance with two to four pairs of orbital bristles, distinct vibrissae and porrect antennae (McAlpine 1987; Buck & McAlpine 2010). Cypselosomatidae have veins R₄₊₅ and M in the wing apically convergent, divergent postocellar bristles and a bare katepisternum, whereas Pseudopomyzidae have veins R₄₊₅ and M more or less parallel, convergent postocellar bristles and bristles on the katepisternum (McAlpine 1987).

Synapomorphies (from Buck & McAlpine 2010): Epandrium elongated with apical surstyli widely separated from articulation point of hypandrium near epandrial base; phallus borne on elongate cone formed by posterior extension of hypandrial bridge dorsally and elongate, rodlike pregonites; postgonites shifted anteriorly, articulated to phallapodeme basal of phallus; female segment 7 modified as sclerotised oviscape.

<==Nerioidea [Micropezoidea] WT11
    |--Micropezidae [Calobatidae, Trepidariidae] WT11
    |    |  i. s.: Electrobata tertiaria RJ93
    |    |         Anaeropsis guttipennis O98
    |    |         Grammicomyia O98
    |    |         Nestima O98
    |    |         Papeza szentivanyi O98
    |    |--Taeniapterinae M10
    |    |--Micropezinae M10
    |    |    |--Cryogonus M10
    |    |    `--Micropeza M10
    |    |         |--M. corrigiolata M10
    |    |         |--M. cynipsea G20
    |    |         `--M. lineata M10
    |    |--Eurybatinae M10
    |    |    |--Metopochetus tenuipes CM91, CM70
    |    |    |--Badisis ambulans CM91
    |    |    |--Cothornobata CM91
    |    |    |--Crepidochetus CM91
    |    |    `--Notenthes M10
    |    |         |--N. mcalpinei M10
    |    |         `--N. rubella M10
    |    `--Calobatinae [Trepidariinae] S87a
    |         |--Trepidarioides CM70
    |         |--Gongylocephala CM70
    |         |--Calobata S87a
    |         |    |--C. cibaria K01
    |         |    `--C. filiformis [=Oscinis (Calobata) filiformis] G20
    |         |--Cnodacophora S87a
    |         |    |--C. nasoni S87a
    |         |    `--C. sellata WT11
    |         `--Compsobata S87a
    |              |--C. cibaria WT11
    |              |--C. mima S87a
    |              |--C. pallipes S87a
    |              `--C. univitta S87a
    `--+--Cypselosomatidae [Cypselosomatinae] WT11
       |    |--Cypselosoma australis M87
       |    |--Formicosepsis M87
       |    `--Cypselosomatites succini M87
       |--Pseudopomyzidae [Pseudopomyzinae] BM10
       |    |--+--Pseudopomyzella flava BM10
       |    |  `--Eopseudopomyza kuehnei BM10, M87
       |    |--+--Tenuia nigripes BM10, O98
       |    |  `--Latheticomyia BM10
       |    |       |--L. infumata BM10
       |    |       |--L. lineata BM10
       |    |       |--L. longiterebra BM10
       |    |       |--L. rotundicornis BM10
       |    |       `--L. tricolor BM10
       |    `--+--Heloclusia BM10
       |       |--Polypathomyia stackelbergi BM10
       |       `--Pseudopomyza BM10 [incl. Heluscolia CM91, Macalpinella BM10]
       |            |  i. s.: P. aristata BM10
       |            |         P. collessi O98
       |            |--P. (Pseudopomyza) atrimana BM10
       |            `--P. (Rhinopomyzella) BM10, WT11
       |                 |--P. (R.) albimana BM10
       |                 `--P. (R.) nigrimana BM10
       `--Neriidae WT11
            |  i. s.: Telostylinus S87b
            |           |--T. angusticollis CM91
            |           |--T. bivittatus CM70
            |           `--T. lineolatus S87b
            |         Derocephalus angusticollis O98
            |         Protonerius O98
            |         Rhoptrum O98
            |         Gymnonerius fuscus O98
            |         Chaetonerius O98
            |         Paranerius O98
            |--Telostylus O98 [Telostylinae B10]
            `--Neriinae B10
                 |--Antillonerius B10
                 |--Glyphidops (Oncopsia) flavifrons B10
                 |--Eoneria B10
                 |--Loxozus B10
                 |--Longina anguliceps B10
                 |--Eoloxozus B10
                 |--Nerius B10
                 |    |--N. fuscus R13
                 |    `--N. plurivittatus B10
                 |--Cerantichir B10
                 |    |--C. enderleini B10
                 |    `--C. peruana [=Odontoloxozus peruanus] B10
                 `--Odontoloxozus B10
                      |--O. longicornis B10
                      `--O. pachycericola B10

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B10] Buck, M. 2010. Neriidae (neriid flies, cactus flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 815–819. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[BM10] Buck, M., & D. K. McAlpine. 2010. Pseudopomyzidae (pseudopomyzid flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 821–825. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[CM70] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1970. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 656–740. Melbourne University Press.

[CM91] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1991. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 717–786. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[K01] Kertész, K. 1901. Legyek [Dipteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 179–201. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[M10] Marshall, S. A. 2010. Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 805–813. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[M87] McAlpine, J. F. 1987. Cypselosomatidae. In: McAlpine, J. F. (ed.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 2 pp. 757–760. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[O98] Oosterbroek, P. 1998. The Families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago. Brill: Leiden.

[R13] Reuter, O. M. 1913. Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten bis zum Erwachen der sozialen Instinkte. R. Friedländer & Sohn: Berlin.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

[S87a] Steyskal, G. C. 1987a. Micropezidae. In: McAlpine, J. F. (ed.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 2 pp. 761–767. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[S87b] Steyskal, G. C. 1987b. Neriidae. In: McAlpine, J. F. (ed.) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 2 pp. 769–771. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[WT11] Wiegmann, B. M., M. D. Trautwein, I. S. Winkler, N. B. Barr, J.-W. Kim, C. Lambkin, M. A. Bertone, B. K. Cassel, K. M. Bayless, A. M. Heimberg, B. M. Wheeler, K. J. Peterson, T. Pape, B. J. Sinclair, J. H. Skevington, V. Blagoderov, J. Caravas, S. N. Kutty, U. Schmidt-Ott, G. E. Kampmeier, F. C. Thompson, D. A. Grimaldi, A. T. Beckenbach, G. W. Courtney, M. Friedrich, R. Meier & D. K. Yeates. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108 (14): 5690–5695.

Last updated: 30 June 2021.