Acartophthalmus

Taxobox
name = Acartophthalmus
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
infraclassis = Pterygota
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Acalyptratae
superfamilia = Carnoidea
familia = Acartophthalmidae
genus = "Acartophthalmus"
genus_authority = Czerny, 1902
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See Text

"Acartophthalmus" is the only genus in the family Acartophthalmidae. All are very small black or grey flies. There are four known species.

Distribution

Distribution is Holarctic. Two species are known in the UK

pecies

*"A. nigrinus" (Zetterstedt, 1848)
*"A. bicolor" Oldenberg, 1910
*"A. latrinalis" Ozerov, 1986
*"A. pusio" Frey, 1947

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Acartophthalmidae Tree of Life] detailed, illustrated account