ENT 158 Chapter Notes - Chapter Flies: Housefly, Phoridae, Tephritidae
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Frontal suture absent (aschiza) or present (schizophora) Division aschiza: without a frontal suture o. Generally found in moist shady or grassy places. Antennae very short; 2 basal segment very small and 3rd segment globular and bearing a long arista (bristle) Variety of habitats; most often = decaying vegetation. Larvae = vary habitats, decaying materials or in fungi; some are parasites to other insects; some live in nests of ants and termites o. Anal cell pointed apically and longer than 2nd basal cell. Head very large, hemispherical, and consisting almost entirely of eyes. Usually found in meadows or along the edges of woods. Larvae = parasites of various homoptera, chiefly leafhoppers and planthoppers o. Spurious vein usually present between r and m. Many adults are brightly colored with yellow, brown, and black; other uniformly black or brown. Some species relatively bare and strongly resemble wasps; others are quite hairy and resemble bees.
