Strongylophthalmyiidae

The Strongylophthalmyiidae are a small family of about 80 species of slender, long-legged flies, the majority of which occur in the Oriental and Australasian regions. They are divided into two genera, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993[1] and Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902. The relationships of the group are obscure; formerly the genus Strongylophthalmyia was classified with the Psilidae, and some recent classifications place it within the Tanypezidae. Little is known of their biology, but many species seem to be associated with rotting bark.

Strongylophthalmyiidae
Strongylophthalmyia ustulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Nerioidea
Family: Strongylophthalmyiidae
Hendel, 1917
Genera

Species

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S. ustulata

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Shatalkin, A. I. (1993). "On the taxonomy of the flies of the family Strongylophthalmyiidae (Diptera)". Zool. Zh. 72: 124–131.
  2. ^ a b Heller, K. M. J. (1902). "Strongylophthalmyia nom. nov. fur Strongylophthalmus Hendel". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 21: 226. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Shatalkin, A. I. (1996). "New and little known species of flies of Lauxaniidae and Strongylophthalmyiidae (Diptera)". Russian Ent. J. 4: 145–157.

Further reading

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  • Barber, K. N., Strongylophthalmyia pengellyi n. sp., a second species of Nearctic Strongylophthalmyiidae (Diptera), JESO Volume 137, 2006. pp 81–109