Family Periscelididae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Fly on sycamore - Periscelis occidentalis

Can it really be this hard to ID? - Periscelis occidentalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Periscelididae

Explanation of Names

Periscelididae Oldenberg 1914

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), ~90 spp. in 11 genera total(2)

Size

3 mm(1)

Identification

see (3)

Wing with R1 joining C near middle, R4+5 and M not convergent; postocellar setae strong.(1)

Habitat

come to sap oozing from wounded trees(1)

Remarks

rarely encountered(1)

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.	Nearctic flies of the family Periscelidae (Diptera) and certain Anthomyzidae referred to the family A. H. Sturtevant. 1954. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 103, No. 3332.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 April, 2010 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 5:12pm

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