Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Section Schizophora Rank Family | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Subsection Acalyptratae | |
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Similar Acartophthalmus, Opomyzoidea, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Anthomyzidae | ||
Acartophthalmus bicolor acartophthalmidae
The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic in distribution. One fossil species is known.
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Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material. .
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