Helcomyzidae
Family of flies
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::summary Family of flies ::
| taxon = Helcomyzidae | image =Helcomyza_ustulata.jpg | image_caption = Helcomyza ustulata illustration | image2 = Helcomyza ustulata (Helcomyzidae) - (imago), Westenschouwen, the Netherlands.jpg | image2_caption = Helcomyza ustulata specimen Netherlands | authority = Hendel, 1924 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See Text
The Helcomyzidae are a small family of flies in the Acalyptratae. The larvae feed on kelp and other organic matter washed up on shorelines. Species diversity is highest in New Zealand and south temperate South America. They are sometimes allied with the families Dryomyzidae or Coelopidae.
Classification
- Genus: Helcomyza Curtis, 1825 :Helcomyza mediterranea* Loew, 1854 :Helcomyza mirabilis* Melander, 1920 :**Helcomyza ustulata* Curtis, 1825
- Genus: Maorimyia Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928 :**Maorimyia bipunctata* (Hutton, 1901)
- Genus: Paractora Bigot, 1888 :Paractora angustata* Malloch, 1933 :Paractora antarctica* (Thomson, 1869) :Paractora asymmetrica* (Enderlein, 1930) :Paractora bipunctata* (Hutton, 1901) :Paractora dreuxi* Seguy, 1965 :Paractora jeanneli* Seguy, 1940 :Paractora moseleyi* (Austen, 1913) :Paractora rufipes* (Macquart, 1844) :**Paractora trichosterna* (Thomson, 1869)
References
- McAlpine, J. P. (ed.), 1981–89.Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph
References
- (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)". Myia.
- "Family Helcomyzidae in Manual Palaearct. Diptera".
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