Kingdom Animalia Subsection Acalyptratae Phylum Arthropoda Order Fly | Class Insecta Superfamily Nerioidea Rank Family | |
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Similar Megamerinidae, Cypselosomatidae, Strongylophthalmyiidae, Acartophthalmus, Tanypezidae | ||
The Pseudopomyzidae are minute to small (1.7-5.5 mm), dark coloured acalyptrate flies.
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Biology
The biology of the Pseudopomyzidae is very poorly known. The larvae of the only European species are believed to develop in rotting logs or under bark. 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
Pseudopomyzidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA