Family Diastatidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Diastatid fly--genus Diastata (species resembling D. repleta)? - Diastata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Ephydroidea

Family Diastatidae

Explanation of Names

Diastatidae Hendel 1917

Numbers

8 spp. (6 of Diastata and 2 of Campiochoeta) in our area, ~50 spp. in 4 genera total(1)(2)

Range

worldwide except Australasia, most diverse in Eurasia(1)

Remarks

a small family, with very little information available on the web other than species lists

The genus Campichoeta is often treated in a separate family, Campichoetidae.

Works Cited

1.	World catalog and conspectus on the family Diastatidae (Diptera: Schizophora) Mathis W.M. Barraclough D.A. 2011. Myia 12: 235-266.

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 Chuck Entz on 10 February, 2006 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 10:42pm

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