Flower Loving Flies

Apioceridae

Apioceridae (Flower Loving Flies) is a family of flies. They visit flowers of chestnut, hairy purslane, 'ihi makole, and Yellow Purslane. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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28
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Castanea (chestnut)
wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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has wings
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings
- Definition: Wings are present.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of flower-loving flies. View this species on GBIF

The environments in which many flower-loving flies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its flower-loving flies species checklist.

The environments in which many flower-loving flies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its flower-loving flies species checklist.