Dryomyzidae

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Family of flies

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::summary Family of flies ::

| taxon = Dryomyzidae | image = Dryomyzidae dryomyza sp.jpg | image_caption = Dryomyzid fly - Dryomyza sp. | authority = Schiner, 1862 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text

The Dryomyzidae are a small family of flies ranging from 4–18 mm long, with prominent bristles, and yellow to brown or rust-yellow coloring. The wings are very large. The subcosta is complete and well separated from vein 1. Larvae feed on decaying organic matter - carrion, dung, and fungi. The prelambrum protrudes from the oral cavity. Vibrissae are absent and the postvertical bristles are divergent.

The roughly 22 species are placed in 6 genera (with two additional genera known only as fossils). Dryomyzid flies are found principally in the Holarctic, though some are found in the Southern Hemisphere. Very little is known of the habits of the adults or immatures, but adults are found in moist, shady habits among low-growing vegetation.

Classification

Fossil record

Only four fossil species in three genera (all from the Tertiary) are known.

References

Distribution/species lists

Identification

  • Steyskal GC (1957) A revision of the family Dryomyzidae (Diptera,. Acalyptratae). Pap. Mich. Acad. Sci. 42:55–68. World revision. Species keys.
  • Czerny, L. (1930), Dryomyzidae und Neottiophilidae. 38b. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.). Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 5(1): 1–18. Keys to Palaearctic species (in German).

References

  1. Cirrus Digital: [http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_Dryomyzidae.htm Family Dryomyzidae]
  2. Bugguide.net [https://bugguide.net/node/view/370882 Dryomyza species]
  3. (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)". Myia.
  4. Shtakel'berg, A.A. Family Driomyzidae in [[Grigory Bey-Bienko. Bei-Bienko, G. Ya]], 1988 ''Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR'' Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition.
  5. Burger, J.F.. (1980). "The habits and life history of ''Oedoparena glauca'' (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash..
  6. Suwa, Masaaki. (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)". Hokkaido University.
  7. Mathis, W.N.. (1980). "A revision of the genus ''Oedoparena'' Curran (Diptera: Dryomyzidae; Dryomyzinae).". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash..
  8. Hawaii Biological Survey: [https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdryomyz.html Family Dryomyzidae]

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