ortalid

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ortalid (plural ortalids)

  1. (obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidaews).
    Synonym: ulidiid
    • 1903 July 17, WH Dall, “The Grand Gulf Formation”, in Science, volume 18, number 446, page 83:
      He exhibited, also, two rare ortalid flies which resemble ants in appearance, Myrmecomyia myrmecoides Loew and Odontomera ferruginea Macquart.
    • 1931, JR Malloch, “Flies of the genus Pseudotephritis Johnson (Diptera: Ortalidae)”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum:
      The present paper is the result of a survey of the ortalid flies of the genus Pseudotephritis in the collections of the United States Biological Survey and the United States National Museum collection.
    • 1958, SJ Paramonov, “A review of Australian Pyrgotidae (Diptera)”, in Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 6, number 1, page 89:
      Although this family has some forms transgressive to the ortalids, it consists of a rather uniform monophyletic group, having not only morphological but also biological features in common.

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