Australimyzidae is a family of flies (
Diptera
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 ...
). There is 1 genus, containing 9 known species known from
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
and subantarctic surrounding islands. They have
saprophagous
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...
larvae.
Species
* ''
Austalimyza''
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A. australensis''
( Mik, 1881)
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A. glandulifera''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
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A. kaikoura''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
**''
A. longiseta''
Harrison, 1959
**''
A. macquariensis''
(Womersley, 1937)
**''
A. mcalpinei''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
**''
A. salicorniae''
Harrison, 1959
**''
A. setigera''
Harrison, 1959
**''
A. victoria''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
References
Brachycera families
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