Bolitophila

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Bolitophila
Bolitophila saundersii. Illustration from British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Sciaroidea
Family: Bolitophilidae
Malloch, 1917
Genus: Bolitophila
Meigen, 1818

Bolitophilidae is a family of Diptera comprising only one genus, Bolitophila, with contains around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic species, and 3 species from the Oriental region.

Bolitophila (Bolitophila) wing veins.svg
Schematic representation of the wing veins in the sub Bolitophila (above) and Cliopisa (below). Note the different termination of R 4 in the two subgenera.
Legenda: Pt: pterostigma; C: costa; Sc: subcosta; R: radio; M: media; Cu: cubitus; A: anal; h: humeral; r-m: radio-medial; m-cu: medio-cubital.
Bolitophila (Cliopisa) wing veins.svg
Conformation of the wing-veins in the subgenus Bolitophila.

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