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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Dryomyzidae

Family Dryomyzidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Red-eyed Fly - Dryomyza anilis Sciomyzidae - Marsh Flies Dryomyza anilis - Dryomyza anilis - female fly - Dryomyza Fly ? - Dryomyza anilis Shoreline fly - Oedoparena glauca Diptera. Clusiidae. Clusia? - Dryomyza anilis orange fly - Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis? - Dryomyza anilis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Dryomyzidae
Explanation of Names
Dryomyzidae Schiner 1862
Numbers
8 spp. in 6 genera in our area, 22 spp. in 6 genera total(1)
Size
4.5-12 mm(2)
Identification
They resemble marsh flies but have a well-developed clypeus.
Range
much of NA
Habitat
Adults generally found in moist woods. Larval stages, unknown.(3)
Print References
Steyskal, G. C. 1957. A revision of the family Dryomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 42: 55-68.
Steyskal, G. C. 1958. Notes on Nearctic Helcomyzidae and Dryomyzidae (Diptera Acalyptratae). Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 43: 133-143.
Works Cited
1.World catalog and conspectus on the family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)
Wayne N. Mathis & Masahiro Sueyoshi. 2011. Myia 12: 207–233.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 September, 2006 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov, Chris Angell
Last updated 27 September, 2023 - 8:45am

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