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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Canthyloscelidae

Family Canthyloscelidae

Representative Images

Diptera 6-05-10 04 - Synneuron decipiens Diptera 6-05-10 04b - Synneuron decipiens Long-horned Fly - Exiliscelis californiensis Long-horned fly - Exiliscelis californiensis Bibionidae? - Exiliscelis californiensis Exiliscelis californiensis? - Exiliscelis californiensis Exiliscelis californiensis? - Exiliscelis californiensis Exiliscelis californiensis? - Exiliscelis californiensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Canthyloscelidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synneuridae

Explanation of Names

Canthyloscelididae Enderlein 1912

Numbers

2 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), 16 spp. in 7 genera worldwide(2)

Size

2.0-3.5 mm(1)

Identification

resemble Scatopsidae except palpus 4-segmented and flagellum with 10-14 simple bead-like flagellomeres; thorax rather slender, longer than high(1)

Habitat

larvae in various kinds of decaying wood permeated by mycelia of various fungi(1)

Works Cited

1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.USDA Diptera Site (now closed)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 June, 2010 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 7:44pm

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