Helcomyzidae
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| Helcomyzidae | |
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| File:Helcomyza ustulata.jpg | |
| Helcomyza ustulata illustration | |
| File:Helcomyza ustulata (Helcomyzidae) - (imago), Westenschouwen, the Netherlands.jpg | |
| Helcomyza ustulata specimen Netherlands | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea |
| Family: | Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924 |
| Genera | |
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The Helcomyzidae are a small family of flies in the Acalyptratae. The larvae feed on kelp and other organic matter washed up on shorelines. Species diversity is highest in New Zealand and south temperate South America. They are sometimes allied with the families Dryomyzidae or Coelopidae.[1][2]
Classification
[edit | edit source]- Helcomyza mediterranea Loew, 1854
- Helcomyza mirabilis Melander, 1920
- Helcomyza ustulata Curtis, 1825
- Maorimyia bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)
- Paractora angustata Malloch, 1933
- Paractora antarctica (Thomson, 1869)
- Paractora asymmetrica (Enderlein, 1930)
- Paractora bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)
- Paractora dreuxi Seguy, 1965
- Paractora jeanneli Seguy, 1940
- Paractora moseleyi (Austen, 1913)
- Paractora rufipes (Macquart, 1844)
- Paractora trichosterna (Thomson, 1869)
References
[edit | edit source]- McAlpine, J. P. (ed.), 1981–89.Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph
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