Overview
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Helcomyzinae is a small subfamily of Acalyptratae flies. Most authors consider they are now placed in the family Dryomyzidae. They are sometimes placed in the family Coelopidae, or elevated to family rank as Helcomyzidae.
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- Genus: Helcomyza Curtis, 1825
- Genus: Heterocheila R?ndani, 1857
- H. buccata (Fall?n, 1820)
- H. hannai (Cole, 1921)
- Genus: Malacomyia Haliday in Westwood, 1840
- M. sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833)
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- Genus: Helcomyza Curtis, 1825
- Genus: Heterocheila R?ndani, 1857
- H. buccata (Fall?n, 1820)
- H. hannai (Cole, 1921)
- Genus: Malacomyia Haliday in Westwood, 1840
- M. sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833)
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
References
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- McAlpine, J. P. (ed.), 1981?89.Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canad a Monograph
Taxonomy
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The Family Helcomyzidae is a member of the Superfamily Sciomyzoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Helcomyzidae:
- 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: Sciomyzoidea
- Family: Helcomyzidae
- Superfamily: Sciomyzoidea
- 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 Helcomyzidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (6): Actoceles · Actora · Helcomyza · Maorimyia · Paractora · Pezomyia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in the Family Helcomyzidae.
Genera
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Actoceles
Actora
Helcomyza
Maorimyia
Paractora
Pezomyia
At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Pezomyia.
More info about the Genus Pezomyia may be found here.
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