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Acartophthalmidae

Acartophthalmidae
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Acartophthalmus nigrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Carnoidea
Family: Acartophthalmidae
Czerny, 1902

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.

Adults have been found mostly in forests. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material. .


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