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Family Helcomyzidae

Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Helcomyzidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Traditionally placed in Dryomyzidae
Explanation of Names
Helcomyzidae Hendel 1924
Numbers
a single species in our area; 12 spp. in 4 genera total(1)
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 John F. Carr on 1 March, 2013 - 5:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 11:33pm

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