Perissommatidae

Taxobox
name = Perissommatidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Nematocera
infraordo = Psychodomorpha
familia = Perissommatidae
familia_authority = Colless, 1962
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = *"Palaeoperissomma"
*"Perissomma"

Perissommatidae is a family of Diptera that was newly proposed in 1962. The family contains five species, four from Australia and one from Chile. Perissommatidae are unusual as they have four eyes. They have a small slender body thats less than 2mm in length. Their wings are large in comparison to their body and subsequently their flight is weak. Preferring high altitude forest environments, adults only fly in the winter. In the case of "Perissomma macalpinei" numbers of adults have been observed congregate in clumps of foliage, rising in short zigzag flights in the sunlight above the foliage for short periods before descending back.