Family Coelopidae - Kelp Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sciomyzoidea

Family Coelopidae (Kelp Flies)

Explanation of Names

Coelopidae Hendel 1910

Numbers

2 genera in N. America, 35 spp. in 14 genera total(1)

Size

3.7-9 mm

Range

coastal wrack zone

Food

exclusively decaying kelp

Internet References

Tree of Life

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.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 20 June, 2006 - 2:50am
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 8:34pm

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