Canthyloscelidae
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Psychodomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Scatopsoidea |
| Family: | Canthyloscelidae |
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Canthyloscelididae |
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The Canthyloscelidae are a small family of midges closely related to the Scatopsidae.
Adults are small to medium-sized (2.5-9.0 mm) flies, relatively stout, usually dark coloured Nematocera with stout legs. They are associated with ancient woodland. Larvae are xylosaprophagous and live in the moist, rotting wood of stumps and fallen trees.[1]
Most are considered endangered due to the vulnerability of their habitat.
There are 15 described species worldwide from New Zealand, North America, South America, Japan and Russia. The 3 species in Europe are suspected to be introductions. There is one know fossil species from the Jurassic.
Systematics [edit]
Originally considered to be two separate families, the Synneuridae and the Canthyloscelidae. Haenni [2] placed the Synneuridae as the subfamily Synneurinae. A phylogenetic reclassification by Amorim [3] has reduced the Synneurinae into a synonymy of Canthyloscelinae.
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- Genus Canthyloscelis Edwards, 1922
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- C. antennata Edwards, 1922
- C. apicata Edwards, 1934
- C. balaena Hutson, 1977
- C. brevicornis Nagatomi, 1983
- C. claripennis Edwards, 1922
- C. nigricoxa Edwards, 1922
- C. pectinata Edwards, 1930
- C. pectipennis Edwards, 1930
- C. valdiviana Tollet, 1959
- Genus Exiliscelis Hutson 1977
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- E. californiensis Hutson, 1977
- Genus Hyperoscelis Hardy & Nagatomi 1960
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- H. eximia (Boheman, 1858) introduced in Europe
- H. veternosa Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969 introduced in Europe
- Genus Prohyperoscelis Kovalev 1985
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- P. jurassicus Kovalev, 1985 (fossil)
- Genus Synneuron Lundström 1910
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- S. annulipes Lundström, 1910 introduced in Europe
- S. decipens Hutson, 1977
- S. sylvestre Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969
References [edit]
- ^ Hutson A.M. (1977). "A revision of the families Synneuridae and Canthyloscelidae (Diptera).". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (London: British Museum (Natural History)) 35 (3): 67–100.
- ^ Haenni J.-P. (1997). Family Canthyloscelidae. In Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Vol. 2. Budapest: Science Herald. pp. 273–279.
- ^ Amorim D. de S. (2000). "A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for the Canthyloscelidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha)". Canadian Journal of Zoology (Toronto: National Research Council Canada) 78 (6): 1067–1077. doi:10.1139/z00-010. ISSN 1480-3283.
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