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Family Heleomyzidae


Notes on the biology of certain Heleomyzid flies of eastern North America
By Garnett, W.B. and B.A. Foote
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39: 552-555, 1966

The heleomyzid flies of America north of Mexico (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)
By Gill, G.D.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113: 495-603, 1962

A new genus and species of Helomyzidae (Diptera)
By Malloch J.R.
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 11(1): 14-16, 1916
Malloch’s original description of Orbellia petersoni as Anarostomoides petersoni

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(note that Malloch’s spelling of the family name leaves out the second “e”)

The synonymy of Amoebaleria sackeni Garrett (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)
By Steyskal, G.C.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(2):113, 1968

A revision of the nearctic species of the genus Trixoscelis Rondani (Diptera: Heleomyzidae: Trixoscelidinae)
By Foster, G.A. and W.N. Mathis
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Volume 637: pp. 1-128, 2012

Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora): Definition, history and relationships
By Lonsdale O.
Zootaxa 4735: 1‒177, 2020

Comparative morphology of the male terminalia of Tephritidae and other Cyclorrhapha
By Sueyoshi M.
Isr. J. Entomol. 35: 477-496, 2005

Pollinating flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production
By Ssymank A., Kearns C.A., Pape T., Thompson F.C.
Biodiversity 9: 86‒89, 2011