Family Carnidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Carnoidea

Family Carnidae

Explanation of Names

Carnidae Newman 1834

Numbers

3 genera in our area (Carnus, Hemeromyia, Meoneura)(1), >90 spp. in 6 genera total(2)

Print References

Grimaldi D.A. (1997) The bird flies, genus Carnus: species revision, generic relationships, and a fossil Meoneura in amber (Diptera, Carnidae). American Museum novitates 3190: 1-30 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	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.

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.

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 28 December, 2007 - 10:50am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 8:01pm

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