Overview
Diastatidae are a type of flies, and are in the family Diptera. They occur primarily in the Holarctic Region, but several species are known from the Oriental, Neotropical, and Australasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 described species in three genera. There is an additional fossil genus. 1]
Biology
Adults of living forms have been found along margins of bogs, marshes, and the edges of moist woodlands. Immature biologies are largely unknown. Hennig wrote about it thought to be Campichoeta punctum.
Genera
- Diastatinae
- Campichoetinae
- Campichoeta Macquart, 1835 (sometimes treated as a separate family Campichoetidae
- Euthychaeta Loew, 1864
- ?Pareuthychaeta Hennig 1965
Other
Diastatidae were once considered by some to be Ephydridae.
"reference">1]Biology
Adults of living forms have been found along margins of bogs, marshes, and the edges of moist woodlands. Immature biologies are largely unknown. Hennig wrote about it thought to be Campichoeta punctum.
Genera
- Diastatinae
- Campichoetinae
- Campichoeta Macquart, 1835 (sometimes treated as a separate family Campichoetidae
- Euthychaeta Loew, 1864
- ?Pareuthychaeta Hennig 1965
Other
Diastatidae w ere once considered by some to be Ephydridae.
References
- ^ Papp, T. (1984). "Diastatidae". In ?rp?d So?s, Papp T. (print). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 10. Amsterdam: Elservier. pp. 182-185. ISBN 0-444-99601-X.
Chandler, P.J. 1998. Family Diastatidae. I: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 3: 523-530. Science Herald, Budapest
Taxonomy
The Family Diastatidae is a member of the Superfamily Ephydroidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Diastatidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder: Brachycera
(brak-EYE-sair-uh)
- Infraorder: Muscomorpha
- Superfamily: Ephydroidea
- Family: Diastatidae
- Superfamily: Ephydroidea
- Infraorder: Muscomorpha
- Suborder: Brachycera
(brak-EYE-sair-uh)
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Diastatidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (4): Calopterella · Campichoeta · Diastata · Euthychaeta
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 80 species and subspecies in the Family Diastatidae.
Genera
Calopterella
Campichoeta
Diastata
Euthychaeta
More info about the Genus Euthychaeta may be found here.
References
- ^ Papp, T. (1984). "Diastatidae". In ?rp?d So?s, Papp T. (print). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 10. Amsterdam: Elservier. pp. 182-185. ISBN 0-444-99601-X.
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