Family Diastatidae

Classification · Numbers · Remarks

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Family Diastatidae

Numbers

Nomina Nearctica lists 5 species:

2 species in Campichoeta

3 species in Diastata

Remarks

This is a small family about which there's very little information available on the internet beyond species lists. The genus Campichoeta is often treated as a separate family, Campichoetidae.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 10 February, 2006 - 1:22pm

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