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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Flat-footed Flies (Platypezidae) » Callomyiinae » Callomyia

Genus Callomyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
7009328 fly - Callomyia venusta - male 7009328 fly - Callomyia venusta - male Colorful Fly - Callomyia venusta - female Syrpid or dolichopodid or ??? - Callomyia corvina - female Syrpid or dolichopodid or ??? - Callomyia corvina - female unknown fly - Callomyia venusta - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Superfamily Platypezoidea
Family Platypezidae (Flat-footed Flies)
Subfamily Callomyiinae
Genus Callomyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Callomyia Meigen 1804
'beautiful fly'
Numbers
10 spp. in our area(1)
Size
body 2.9‒5.4 mm, wing 2.8‒5.2 mm(1)
Identification
Crossvein dm-cu present, acrostichal setae present, M1+2 unbranched, R1 setulose(2)
Key to spp. in (1)
The setulose R1 distinguishes this genus from Agathomyia ‒compare (palaearctic C. speciosa) (Tkoc & Roháček 2014)
Range
holarctic, with some Oriental representation; in NA, all 10 spp. occur in the west, and 3 spp. with disjunct ranges also in the northeast(1)
Print References
Kessel E.L. (1961) The immature stages of Callomyia, with the description of a new species of this genus (Diptera: Platypezidae). Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 1‒10. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Nearctic species of Callomyia Meigen (Diptera: Platypezidae) and phylogeny of the genus
Cumming H.J., Wheeler T.A. 2016. Zootaxa 4111: 501–554.
2.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.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 17 February, 2008 - 10:59pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 11:50am

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