Pseudopomyzinae

The subfamily Pseudopomyzinae comprises minute to small (1.7-5.5 mm), dark coloured acalyptrate flies; formerly ranked as a family, they have been treated as a subfamily of Cypselosomatidae since 2007.[1]

Pseudopomyzinae
Pseudopomyza atrimana here in Sciomyza in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 9)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Subsection:
Acalyptratae
Superfamily:
Nerioidea
Family:
Cypselosomatidae
Subfamily:
Pseudopomyzinae
Genera
  • Heloclusia
  • Latheticomyia
  • Lycosepsis
  • Macalpinella
  • Polypathomyia
  • Pseudopomyza Strobl, 1893
  • Pseudopomyzella
  • Rhinopomyzella
  • Tenuia

Biology

The biology of pseudopomyzines is very poorly known. There is only one European species, Pseudopomyza atrimana (Meigen, 1830), which occurs in woodland, and adults have been found to gathering over rotting logs or attracted to the freshly cut and sappy stumps or logs of deciduous trees.

Fossils

The fossil record is very poor, with only one specimen of the species, Eopseudopomyza kuehni Hennig, 1971, which has been recorded from Baltic amber.

References
  1. Carvalho-Filho, Fernando da Silva, & Esposito, Maria Cristina. (2011). Redescription of Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig (Diptera: Cypselosomatidae) and the first record from Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 11(1), 195-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000100020
  • Chandler, P.J. 1983. Pseudopomyza atrimana (Meigen) (Diptera: Pseudopomyzidae) a fly of an acalypterate family new to Britain. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 16: 87-91.
  • McAlpine D.K. & Shatalkin A.I. 1998: 3.8. Family Pseudopomyzidae. In Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 3., Higher Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 155–163.
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