The Strongylophthalmyiidae are a small
family
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of about 80 species of slender, long-legged
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
, the majority of which occur in the
Oriental
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and
Australasia
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n regions. They are divided into two
genera
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, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus ''
Nartshukia'' Shatalkin, 1993
and ''
Strongylophthalmyia'' Heller, 1902. The relationships of the group are obscure; formerly the genus ''Strongylophthalmyia'' was classified with the
Psilidae
The Psilidae are family of flies. Commonly called the rust flies, at least 38 species are in four genera. The carrot fly (''Chamaepsila rosae'') is a member of this group. They are found mainly in the Holarctic.
Description
For terms see Morpholo ...
, and some recent classifications place it within the
Tanypezidae
The Tanypezidae, known as the “stretched-foot flies”, are small family of acalyptrate Diptera (Schizophora, Brachycera). The 28 species are found mostly in the New World, divided between two genera: ''Tanypeza'' (2 species) is found in North ...
. Little is known of their biology, but many species seem to be associated with rotting bark.
Species
*Genus ''
Strongylophthalmyia''
Heller, 1902
:*''
S. angustipennis''
Melander, 1920
:*''
S. brunneipennis''
(De Meijere, 1914)
:*''
S. caliginosa''
Iwasa, 1992
:*''
S. coarctata''
Hendel, 1913
:*''
S. crinita''
Hennig, 1940
:*''
S. dorsocentralis''
Papp, 2006
:*''
S. freidbergi''
Shatalkin, 1996
:*''
S. gibbifera''
Shatalkin, 1993
:*''
S. lutea''
(De Meijere, 1914)
:*''
S. macrocera''
Papp, 2006
:*''
S. metatarsata''
De Meijere, 1919
:*''
S. nigricoxa''
(De Meijere, 1914)
:*''
S. palpalis''
Papp, 2006
:*''
S. pectinigera''
Shatalkin, 1996
:*''
S. pengellyi''
Barber, 2006
:*''
S. pictipes''
Frey
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1935
:*''
S. polita''
(De Meijere, 1914)
:*''
S. punctata''
Hennig, 1940
:*''
S. thaii''
Papp, 2006
:*''
S. ustulata''
(Zetterstedt
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Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1844)
:*''
S. verrucifera''
Shatalkin, 1996
*Genus ''
Nartshukia''
Shatalkin, 1993
:*''
N. musiva''
Shatalkin, 1993
References
Further reading
*Barber, K. N., ''Strongylophthalmyia pengellyi'' n. sp., a second species of Nearctic Strongylophthalmyiidae (Diptera), JESO Volume 137, 2006. pp 81–109
Brachycera families
Nerioidea
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Taxa named by Willi Hennig
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