Camillidae

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Camillidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Section: Schizophora Subsection: Acalyptratae Superfamily: Ephydroidea Family: Camillidae

Camillidae is a family of flies, or Diptera. There are three genera(two living; one fossil).

Contents 1 Biology 2 Family Description 3 Identification (Literature 4 External links

[edit] Biology

Adults have been captured in the nests and burrows of various mammals. The biology of Camillidae is very little known. One species has been reared from larvae in the dung of rock hyraxes in Southern Africa (Barraclough, 1992).

[edit] Family Description

See http://delta-intkey.com/britin/dip/www/camillid.htm

[edit] Identification (Literature

• Duda, O. 1934. Camillidae. In Lindner, E. Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, Band VI/1: 1-7, Textfig. 1-8, Stuttgart.

[edit] External links

• http://www.dgrc.kit.ac.jp/~jdd/class/0701/03070111.pdf Notes on the Camillidae in Strobl ’s Collection and on the biology of Camilla.