Acartophthalmidae | |
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Acartophthalmus nigrinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
Superfamily: | Carnoidea |
Family: |
Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928 |
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. [1] Two fossil species are known, with uncertain placement. [2]
Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material.
Acartophthalmidae | |
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Acartophthalmus nigrinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
Superfamily: | Carnoidea |
Family: |
Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928 |
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. [1] Two fossil species are known, with uncertain placement. [2]
Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material.