Acartophthalmidae

Acartophthalmidae
	Acartophthalmus nigrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Opomyzoidea
Family:	Acartophthalmidae; Czerny, 1902

The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic in distribution. One fossil species is known.

Genera

Acartophthalmites Hennig, 1965^[2]
Acartophthalmus Czerny, 1902^[1]

Biology

Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material. .

References

^ ^a ^b Czerny, Leander (1902). "Bemerkungen zu den Arten der Gattungen Anthomyza Fll. und Ischnomyia Lw" (PDF). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 21: 249–256. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Hennig, Willi (1965). "Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins und ihre Bedeutung fur die Erforschung der phylogenetischen Entwicklung dieser Dipteren-Gruppe". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 145: 1–215. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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[Czerny1902-1] Czerny, Leander (1902). "Bemerkungen zu den Arten der Gattungen Anthomyza Fll. und Ischnomyia Lw" (PDF). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 21: 249–256. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[Hennig1965-2] Hennig, Willi (1965). "Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins und ihre Bedeutung fur die Erforschung der phylogenetischen Entwicklung dieser Dipteren-Gruppe". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 145: 1–215. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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