Subfamily Heleomyzinae

Classification · Identification

Interesting acalyptrate (?) fly with pale bulging face - Anorostoma

Heleomyzidae? Lutomyia? - Lutomyia spurca

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Heleomyzidae

Subfamily Heleomyzinae

Identification

A diverse subfamily. Members always have the A1 vein reaching the wing margin and multiple apical ventral bristles on the mid tibia. They typically have two pairs of fronto-orbital bristles (except some Oecotheini) and 1+3 dorsocentrals (except Orbelliini; the anterior dorsocentrals can be weak in some Heleomyzini).

Contributed by v belov on 9 August, 2015 - 10:29am
Additional contributions by Chris Angell
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 3:41pm

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