Pseudopomyzidae

Taxobox
name = Pseudopomyzidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Acalyptratae
superfamilia = Nerioidea
familia = Pseudopomyzidae
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = *"Pseudopomyza" Strobl, 1893

The Pseudopomyzidae are minute to small (1.7-5.5 mm), dark coloured acalyptrate flies.

Biology

The biology of the Pseudopomyzidae is very poorly known. The larvae of the only European species are believed to develop in rotting logs or under bark. There is only one European species, "Pseudopomyza atrimana" (Meigen, 1830), which occurs in woodland, and adults have been found to gathering over rotting logs or attracted to the freshly cut and sappy stumps or logs of deciduous trees.

Fossils

The fossil record is very poor, with only one specimen of the species, "Eopseudopomyza kuehni" Hennig, 1971, which has been recorded from Baltic amber.

References

* Chandler, P.J. 1983. "Pseudopomyza atrimana" (Meigen) (Diptera: Pseudopomyzidae) a fly of an acalypterate family new to Britain. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 16: 87-91.
* McAlpine D.K. & Shatalkin A.I. 1998: 3.8. Family Pseudopomyzidae. In Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 3., Higher Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 155-163.

External links

* [http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera/Pseudopomyzidae.htm Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia]
* [http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/wiki/families:brachycera:acalyptrates:pseudopomyzidae UK Pseudopomyzidae on the Dipterists Forum]