| Diastatidae | |
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| Diastata fuscula | |
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| Diastatidae wing veins | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Ephydroidea |
| Family: | Diastatidae Hendel, 1917) |
| Type genus | |
| Diastata Meigen, 1830 | |
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Diastatidae are a family of flies in the orderDiptera. They are encountered primarily in theHolarctic Region, but several species are found in theOriental,Neotropical andAustralasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 describedspecies in threegenera. There is an additional fossil genus.[1]
For terms seeMorphology of Diptera
Minute flies with grey or brown-grey body and, usually, maculate wings. The postvertical bristles on head are cruciate and vibrissae are present on the head are present. The front orbital bristles are inset and upswept. The costa is interrupted near the end of Radial vein 1 and sometimes also near the humeral crossvein. The subcosta is incomplete fusing with Radial vein 1 before the apex. The posterior basal wing cell and discoidal wing cell are separate. The anal cell of wing and the anal vein of wing are both present.
Adults of living forms have been found along margins ofbogs, marshes, and the edges of moist woodlands. Immature biologies are largely unknown.Hennig wrote about it thought to beCampichoeta punctum.
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| McAlpine (1989)[2] | Grimaldi (1990)[3] |
Diastatidae were once considered by some to beEphydridae.
Wayne N. Mathis & David A. BarracloughContributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 3: 523–530. Science Herald, Budapest World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Diastatidae (Diptera: Schizophora)Myia, 12:235–266online here
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