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Chyromyidae
Family Chyromyidae
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily
Sphaeroceroidea
Family
Chyromyidae
Explanation of Names
Chyromyidae Schiner 1863
Numbers
9 spp. in 3 genera in our area
(
1
)
, ~140 spp. in 4 genera total
(
2
)
. There are apparently 4 undescribed Nearctic species in
Gymnochiromyia
and 4 in
Aphaniosoma
(
3
)
.
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
(
4
)
Print References
Ebejer, M.J. 2009.
A Revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (Excluding
Gymnochiromyia
Hendel) (Diptera: Schizophora), with the Recognition of Two Subfamilies and the Description of New Genera
. African Invertebrates, 50(2): 321-434. (includes a key to world genera)
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.
Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
4.
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
,
Chris Angell
Last updated 3 July, 2023 - 12:51pm