ANTHOMYIIDAE
(anthomyiid flies)

ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Genus 7 subtaxa 15 trophisms 8 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Genus 5 subtaxa 34 trophisms 1 references
Genus 12 subtaxa 36 trophisms 10 references
Genus 1 trophisms
Genus 15 subtaxa 22 trophisms 8 references
Genus 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ackland, D.M. 2013 Provisional unpublished keys etc provided by D. M. Ackland
Ackland, D.M. 2000 provisional unpublished keys etc provided by D. M. Ackland
Séguy, E. 1923 *** Diptères Anthomyides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 6, 393pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
van Erkelens, J.A. Anthomyiidae of the Netherlands www.anthomyiidae.nl/

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1982 Family Anthomyiidae Flies of the Nearctic Region Vol 8 (2): 11-102.

Newsletters

Anthomyiidae Study Group Anthomyiidae Study Group Newsletter Published for/by:Anthomyiidae Study Group, Dipterists Forum

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 482 images of ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)

In general appearance Anthomyiids are very similar to Muscids or Fanniids. They are mostly small bristly grey to black flies, although some have striking black and grey patterns or a yellow abdomen.

But there are two characters which separate them under the microscope:

All anthomyids have a small setula on the hind first tarsomere, ventrally near base. This character is shared with only the muscid Drymeia.
Most anthomyiids have a small group of downward-projecting hairs on the underside of the scutellum.

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