Carnidae

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Carnidae
Carnus hemapterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Carnoidea
Family: Carnidae
Newman, 1834
Genera

Carnidae also known as Bird flies or Filth flies is a family of flies (Diptera). There are 6 genera, containing about 93 species worldwide.[3]

Most of the species are very small at 1–2 mm.

External links

Dedicated site

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series 12 (1) (London: Royal Entomological Society of London). pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8. 
  2. Buck, M; Marshall, S. A. (2007). "Enigmocarnus chloropiformis gen. et sp. nov., and parallel evolution of protandrial symmetry in Carnidae (Diptera)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Entomological Society of America) 100 (1): 9–18. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 
  3. Brake, Irina (2011). "World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora)". MYIA. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 
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