Canthyloscelidae
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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[citation needed]. There is one know fossil species from the Jurassic.
Systematics
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
- Canthyloscelis antennata Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis apicata Edwards, 1934
- Canthyloscelis balaena Hutson, 1977
- Canthyloscelis brevicornis Nagatomi, 1983
- Canthyloscelis claripennis Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis nigricoxa Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis pectinata Edwards, 1930
- Canthyloscelis pectipennis Edwards, 1930
- Canthyloscelis valdiviana Tollet, 1959
- Genus Exiliscelis Hutson 1977
- Exiliscelis californiensis Hutson, 1977
- Genus Hyperoscelis Hardy & Nagatomi 1960
- Hyperoscelis eximia (Boheman, 1858) introduced in Europe
- Hyperoscelis veternosa Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969 introduced in Europe
- Genus Prohyperoscelis Kovalev 1985
- Prohyperoscelis jurassicus † Kovalev, 1985
- Genus Synneuron Lundström 1910
- Synneuron annulipes Lundström, 1910 introduced in Europe
- Synneuron decipens Hutson, 1977
- Synneuron sylvestre Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969
References
- ^ Hutson A.M. (1977). "A revision of the families Synneuridae and Canthyloscelidae (Diptera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 35 (3). London: British Museum (Natural History): 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. Vol. 2. Budapest: Science Herald. pp. 273–279.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Amorim D. de S. (2000). "A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for the Canthyloscelidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78 (6). Toronto: National Research Council Canada: 1067–1077. doi:10.1139/z00-010. ISSN 1480-3283.