Pipunculidae
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Pipunculidae is a family of flies commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have bee
Verrallia aucta
Typical wing venation of Pipunculidae
Metanephrocerus belgardeae, Protonephrocerinae
Nephrocerus scutellatus, Nephrocerinae
Auchenorrhyncha
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The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs
Pipunculidae
…The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described. The larvae of Pipunculidae develop as parasitoids almost exclusively in Auchenorrhyncha, the exception being the genus Nephrocerus, whose hosts are adult Tipulidae (crane flies). The larvae develop rapidly within the crane flies before…
Graphocephala coccinea 6
Jikradia olitoria, nymph (Cicadellidae)
Aphrophora sp., nymph (Aphrophoridae)
Metcalfa pruinosa, nymphs (Flatidae)