Family Asteiidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Asteiidae

Explanation of Names

Asteiidae Rondani 1856

Numbers

6 genera in our area, ~140 spp. in 10 genera total(1)

Identification

Tiny flies with distinctive wing venation

Habitat

have been reared from fungi and decaying vegetation; adults sometimes collected at tree sap

Print References

(2)

Internet References

photo gallery(3)

Works Cited

1.	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.

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.

3.	Diptera.info

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 11 March, 2008 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 5:32pm

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