Family Chyromyidae

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Chyromyidae

Other Common Names

"Golden flies" (J. Bailey).

Explanation of Names

Chyromyidae Schiner 1863

Numbers

9 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), ~140 spp. in 4 genera total(2)

Size

1-3 mm(1)

Range

mostly northern(1)

Habitat

larvae reared from bird nests, mammal burrows, rotting wood; adults on vegetation, those emerged from firewood often found on windows(1)

Remarks

A small but widely distributed group of rather uncommon flies(3)

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.

3.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 12 April, 2007 - 7:51pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless, v belov, James Bailey
Last updated 28 September, 2017 - 7:43pm

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