Anthomyzidae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Clusiodes albimanus"
image_width = 240px
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 = Opomyzoidea
familia = Anthomyzidae
synonyms =
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision = *"Amnonthomyza" Roháček, 1993
*"Amygdalops" Lamb, 1914
*"Anagnota" Becker, 1902
*"Anthomyza" Fallén, 1810
*"Apterosepsis" Richards, 1962
*"Barbarista" Roháček, 1993
*"Cercagnota" Roháček & Freidberg, 1993
*"Epischnomyia" Roháček, 2006
*"Fungomyza" Roháček, 1999
*"Ischnomyia" Loew, 1863
*"Margdalops" Roháček & Barraclough, 2003
*"Mumetopia" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Leonard_Melander Melander] , 1913
*"Paranthomyza" Czerny, 1902
*"Receptrixa" Roháček, 2006
*"Santhomyza" Roháček, 1984
*"Stiphrosoma" Czerny, 1928
*"Typhamyza" Roháček, 1992
*"Zealantha" Roháček, 2007

Anthomyzidae are small, slender, yellow to black flies with narrow and elongate wings, which may have distinct markings. Some species have greatly reduced wings. Fewer than 100 species are known, mostly from Europe. Although they occur in all major regions, they seem to be most varied in the Holarctic Region

Around 20 diverse genera have been placed in the family. Two, "Teratomyza" and "Teratoptera" are now in Teratomyzidae, and "Cyamops" and "Stenomicra" are in Stenomicridae. "Melanthomyza" Malloch from Chile should probably not be retained in the family. The remaining genera are very similar to one another.

Biology

Larvae have been reported from decaying dicotyledonous plants, and from fungi and , in Europe, from leaf sheaths of various grasses and of Typha and Juncus, from Lipara galls on Phragmites, It is possible that they may be either phytophagous or saprophagous, but there seem to be no reports of damage to cereals or other plants.

Identification (Literature)

Jindřich Roháček, 1996. Revision of Palaearctic "Stiphrosoma", including the "Anthomyza-laeta" group (Diptera, Anthomyzidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 93:89-120, ISSN 1210-5759 [http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/624/eje_093_1_089_Rohacek.pdf European Journal of Entomology]

Jindřich Roháček, 1998. Taxonomic limits, phylogeny and higher classification of Anthomyzidae (Diptera), with special regard to fossil record. Eur. J. Entomol. 95:141-177, ISSN 1210-5759 [http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/394/eje_095_1_141_Rohacek.pdf European Journal of Entomology]

Jindřich Roháček, 2006. "A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae" (Diptera), Part 1.published as supplement 1 of the Časopis Slezského zemského muzea, Vol. 55 (2006) 326 pages , 661 black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 1211-3026, ISBN 80-86224-57-0

Jindřich Roháček, 2007. "Zealantha thorpei" gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Anthomyzidae), first family representative from New Zealand. Zootaxa 1576: 1–13 [http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01576p013.pdf Zootaxa]