- Opomyzidae
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Opomyzidae 
Geomyza tripunctata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Infraorder: Muscomorpha Section: Schizophora Subsection: Acalyptratae Superfamily: Opomyzoidea Family: Opomyzidae Genera Opomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate Diptera. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The larval food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats. Some species being agricultural pests.
Sometimes they have been placed the family Mydidae under the Subfamily Ectyphinae.
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Species
- Genus Geomyza Fallén, 1810
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- G. angustipennis Zetterstedt, 1847
- G. apicalis (Meigen, 1830)
- G. balachowskyi Mesnil, 1934
- G. breviseta Czerny, 1928
- G. hackmani Nartshuk, 1984
- G. hendeli Czerny, 1928
- G. majuscula (Loew, 1864)
- G. nartshukae Carles-Tolrá, 1993
- G. subnigra Drake, 1992
- G. tripunctata Fallén, 1823
- G. venusta (Meigen, 1830)
- Genus Heteromydas Hardy, 1944
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- H. bicolor Hardy, 1944
- Genus Opomyza Fallén, 1820
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Identification
- Drake, C.M. 1993. A review of the British Opomyzidae. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 6: 159-176.
Gallery
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Opomyza florum
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