| Dryomyzidae | |
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| Dryomyzid fly -Dryomyza sp.[2][3] | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea |
| Family: | Dryomyzidae Schiner, 1862[1] |
| Genera | |
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TheDryomyzidae are a small family offlies ranging from 4–18 mm long, with prominent bristles, and yellow to brown or rust-yellow coloring. The wings are very large. The subcosta is complete and well separated from vein 1. Larvae feed on decaying organic matter - carrion, dung, and fungi.[1]The prelambrum protrudes from the oral cavity. Vibrissae are absent and the postvertical bristles are divergent.[4]
The roughly 22species are placed in 6genera (with two additional genera known only asfossils). Dryomyzid flies are found principally in theHolarctic, though some are found in the Southern Hemisphere. Very little is known of the habits of the adults or immatures, but adults are found in moist, shady habits among low-growing vegetation.[1]
Only four fossil species in three genera (all from theTertiary) are known.[1][8]
