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Family Camillidae

Camillidae - Camilla atrimana Camillidae - Camilla atrimana Camillidae - Camilla atrimana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Camillidae
Explanation of Names
Camillidae Frey 1921
Numbers
A single species in our area(1), 42 spp. in 5 genera total(2)
Size
1.5-3.5 mm
Print References
Beuk P.L.T., de Jong H. (1994) The Dutch species of the Camillidae (Diptera). Ent. Berichten 54: 1-6. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 20 February, 2012 - 11:42pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 April, 2016 - 11:24pm

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