Pseudopomyzidae Explained

The family Pseudopomyzidae comprises minute to small (1.7–5.5 mm), dark-coloured acalyptrate flies; formerly they have been treated as a subfamily of Cypselosomatidae^[1]

Biology

The biology of pseudopomyzines is very poorly known. Most species are from the New World and Asia.^[2] 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.^[3]

Genera

• Latheticomyia Wheeler, 1956^[4]
• Heloclusia Malloch, 1933^[5]
• Macalpinella Papp, 2005^[6]
• Polypathomyia Krivosheina, 1979^[7]
• Pseudopomyza Strobl, 1893^[8]
• Pseudopomyzella Hennig, 1969^[9]
• Rhinopomyzella Hennig, 1969^[9]
• Tenuia Malloch, 1926^[10]

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.

External links

• • Diptera.info Images of Pseudopomyza atrimana
• Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• UK Pseudopomyzinae on the Dipterists Forum

Notes and 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
2. Buck . Matthias . McAlpine . David K. . Pseudopomyzidae (Pseudopomyzif flies) . Manual of Cemtral American Diptera . 2010 . 2 . 821–825.
3. Chandler . P.J. . 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 . 1983 . 16 . 87–91.
4. Wheeler . M.R. . Latheticomyia, a new genus of acalyptrate flies of uncertain family position . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1956 . 106 . 3368 . 305–314 . 3 September 2022.
5. Malloch . J.R. . Acalyptrata . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1933 . 6 . 177–391.
6. Papp . L. . Some acalyptrate flies (Diptera) from Taiwan . Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae . 2005 . 51 . 187-213.
7. Krivosheina . N.P. . New representative of the family Pseudopomyzidae (Diptera) from Palaearctic and taxonomic position of the family in the system of Diptera. . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie . 1979 . 58 . 179–189 . Russian.
8. Strobl . P.G. . Neue österreichische Muscidae Acalypterae. I. Theil. . Wiener Entomologische Zeitung . 1893 . 12 . 225–231 . 18 January 2022.
9. Hennig . W. . Neue Gattungen und Arten der Acalypteratae . The Canadian Entomologist . 1969 . 101 . 589–633.
10. Malloch . J.R. . Notes on Oriental Diptera, with descriptions of new species . Philippine Journal of Science . 1926 . 31 . 491–512.