Diastatidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Subclass: | Pterygota |
Infraclass: | Neoptera |
Superorder: | Endopterygota |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
Superfamily: | Ephydroidea |
Family: | Diastatidae |
Diastatidae are a type of flies, and are in the family Diptera. They occur primarily in the Holarctic Region, but several species are known from the Oriental, Neotropical, and Australasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 described species in three genera. There is an additional fossil genus.
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Adults of living forms have been found along margins of bogs, marshes, and the edges of moist woodlands. Immature biologies are unknown.
Diastatidae were once considered by some to be Ephydridae.
Chandler, P.J. 1998. Family Diastatidae. I: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 3: 523-530. Science Herald, Budapest