Ropalomeridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Sciomyzoidea

Familia: Ropalomeridae
Genera (9): Acrocephalomyia – Apophorhynchus – Dactylissa – Kroeberia – Lenkokroeberia – Mexicoa – Rhytidops – Ropalomera – Willistoniella
Name

Ropalomeridae

References

Ale-Rocha, R. 2016. FAMILY ROPALOMERIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 635–641. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.52. Reference page.

The Ropalomeridae are a family of acalyptrate flies.[1][2]

Description

Ropalomeridae are robust flies of 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) body length, with a superficial resemblance to the Sarcophagidae in terms of body colour. The hind femora are conspicuously enlarged and the hind tibia is often laterally flattened and broadened and with broad, excavated vertex.[3]
Biology

The biology of ropalomerid flies is little known, although they are thought to associated with rotting wood.[2]
Classification

The Ropalomeridae currently comprise about 30 species distributed in 9 genera. Ropalomera is by far the largest genus of the family, with 15 known species.[3]

These nine genera belong to the family Ropalomeridae:

Acrocephalomyia Ibáñez-Bernal & Hernández-Ortiz, 2012 g
Apophorhynchus c g
Dactylissa c g
Kroeberia c g
Lenkokroeberia c g
Mexicoa i c g
Rhytidops Lindner, 1930 i c g b
Ropalomera i c g
Willistoniella i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]
Distribution

The Ropalomeridae are predominantly Neotropical, found from the southern United States to northern Argentina, with a single species (Rhytidops floridensis) known from the Nearctic realm. Most species occur in the central portion of South America.[2]
References

Brake, Irina (5 December 2011). "Ropalomeridae". The Diptera Site. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio; Hernández-Ortiz, Vicente (2010). "76". In Brown, B.V.; Borkent, A.; Cumming, J.M.; Wood, D.M.; Woodley, N.E.; Zumbado, M. (eds.). Manual of Central American Diptera (Print). 2. Ottawa, Canada: NRC Research Press. pp. 1025–1030. ISBN 0-660-19958-0.
Kirst, Frederico Dutra; Ale-Rocha, Rosaly (2012). "Taxonomic revision of the Amazonian species of Ropalomera Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera: Ropalomeridae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 3151: 1–27.
"Ropalomeridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
"Browse Ropalomeridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
"Ropalomeridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
"Ropalomeridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.