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Pipunculidae (big-headed flies)

Synonyms: Dorilaidae; Dorylaidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large (holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described.
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Genus

Allomethus (5)
Amazunculus (12)
Basileunculus (3)
Cephalops (190)
Cephalosphaera (55)
Chalarus (49)
Claraeola (40)
Clistoabdominalis (54)
Collinias (9)
Dasydorylas (29)
Dorylomorpha (87)
Elmohardyia (61)
Eudorylas (449)
Jassidophaga (25)
Metanephrocerus (4)
Microcephalops (31)
Neocephalosphaera (8)
Nephrocerus (20)
Pipunculina (1)
Pipunculus (91)
Priabona (1)
Protonephrocerus (3)
Protoverrallia (1)
Semicephalops (9)
Tomosvaryella (Big-headed fly) (309)
Verrallia (8)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0