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Family Camillidae

Orange-brown tephritoid-like fly with unmarked wings, blackish abdomen, and brown & white legs - Afrocamilla bispinosa

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

Five species in two genera in North America, 42 species in 5 genera total(1)

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.	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 20 April, 2020 - 2:14pm

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