What does ortalid mean?
Ortalid means (obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)..
He exhibited, also, two rare ortalid flies which resemble ants in appearance, Myrmecomyia myrmecoides Loew and Odontomera ferruginea Macquart.
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.
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.
Use ortalid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ortalid means (obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)..
Common synonyms include ulidiid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He exhibited, also, two rare ortalid flies which resemble ants in appearance, Myrmecomyia myrmecoides Loew and Odontomera ferruginea Macquart.
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