Helosciomyzidae

The Helosciomyzidae are a small family of flies - 9 genera and 22 species.[1] All are known from the Southern Hemisphere. With the exception of the South American genus Sciogriphoneura, the family occurs in Australia, New Zealand.[1] Little is known of their biology.[1]

Helosciomyzidae
Xenosciomyza turbotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Sciomyzoidea
Family: Helosciomyzidae
Steyskal, 1965
Genera

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Classification
  • Cobergius Barnes, 1981[2]
  • Dasysciomyza Barnes, 1981[2]
  • Eurotocus Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979[5]
  • E. australis Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979[5]
  • H. fuscinervis (Macquart, 1851)
  • H. anaxantha Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979[5]
  • H. australica Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979[5]
  • H. ferruginea Hendel, 1917
  • H. macalpinei Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979[5]
  • H. subalpina Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928[4]
  • Napaeosciomyza Barnes, 1981[2]
  • N. rara (Hutton, 1901)
  • N. spinicosta (Malloch, 1922)[3]
  • N. subspinicosta (Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928)[4]
  • Neosciomyza Barnes, 1981[2]
  • N. anhecta (Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979)[5]
  • N. luteipennis (Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979)[5]
  • Polytocus Lamb, 1909[6]
  • P. luteipennis Harrison, 1976
  • P. luteipennis Lamb, 1909[6]
  • Scordalus Barnes, 1981[2]
  • X. prima Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928[4]
  • X. turbotti Harrison, 1955
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Barnes, Jeffrey K. (21 May 2007). "Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog -- Web Version". Hawaii: Hawaii Biological Survey.
  2. Barnes, Jeffrey K. (1981). "Revision of the Helosciomyzidae (Diptera)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 11 (1): 45–72. doi:10.1080/03036758.1981.10419451.
  3. Malloch, John Russell (1922). "A revision of the generic status of some New Zealand Diptera". N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. 5: 227–228.
  4. Tonnoir, A. L.; Malloch, J. R. (1928). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part IV. Sciomyzidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3 (3): 151–179.
  5. Steyskal, G. S.; Knutson, Lloyd (1978). "Helosciomyzinae in Australia (Diptera : Sciomyzidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 26 (4): 727–743. doi:10.1071/ZO9780727.
  6. Lamb, C. G. (1909). "The Diptera of the subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Pp. 124-145. In Chilton, C. (ed.), The subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Canterbury, Wellington: Phil. Inst.: xxxv + 388 pp. Retrieved 1 December 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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