Acartophthalmidae Explained

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. Two fossil species are known, with uncertain placement.

Genera

• †Acartophthalmites Hennig, 1965^[1]
• Acartophthalmus Czerny, 1902^[2]

Biology

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

Notes and References

1. Hennig . W. . Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins und ihre Bedeutung fur die Erforschung der phylogenetischen Entwicklung dieser Dipteren-Gruppe . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde . 1965 . 145 . 1–215 . 20 January 2022.
2. Czerny. Leander. Bemerkungen zu den Arten der Gattungen Anthomyza Fll. und Ischnomyia Lw.. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 1902. 21. 249–256. 11 August 2015.