Acartophthalmidae
| Acartophthalmidae | |
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| Acartophthalmus nigrinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Opomyzoidea |
| Family: | Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1902[1] |
The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic in distribution. One fossil species is known.
Genera
- Acartophthalmites Hennig, 1965[2]
- Acartophthalmus Czerny, 1902[1]
Biology
Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material. .
References
- 1 2 Czerny, Leander (1902). "Bemerkungen zu den Arten der Gattungen Anthomyza Fll. und Ischnomyia Lw." (PDF). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 21: 249–256. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Hennig, Willi (1965). "Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins und ihre Bedeutung fur die Erforschung der phylogenetischen Entwicklung dieser Dipteren-Gruppe". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 145: 1–215.
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