Chyromyidae

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iChyromyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Sphaeroceroidea
Family: Chyromyidae

Chyromyidae is a family of flies (Diptera). The family is small with only (approximately) 50 species. They are little-studied group

[edit] Biology

Xerophilic. Adults have been collected on flowering plants. Immatures are almost unknown, but adults have been reared from a variety of substrata including dung, mammal burrows, rotting wood and birds' nests (Ferrar, 1987)


[edit] Identification (Literature)

  • Ebejer, M.J., 1998 A review of the Palaearctic species of Aphaniosoma Becker (Diptera:Chryomyidae) with descriptions of new species and a key for the identification of adults Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 2, 45:191 – 230. All known Palaearctic species of Aphaniosoma Becker are reviewed
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