The Helcomyzidae are a small family of flies in the Acalyptratae. The larvae feed on kelp and other organic matter washed up on shorelines. Species diversity is highest in New Zealand and south temperate South America. They are sometimes allied with the families Dryomyzidae or Coelopidae.[1][2]
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| Helcomyza ustulata illustration | |
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| Helcomyza ustulata specimen Netherlands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea |
| Family: | Helcomyzidae Hendel, 1924 |
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Classification
edit- Helcomyza mediterranea Loew, 1854
- Helcomyza mirabilis Melander, 1920
- Helcomyza ustulata Curtis, 1825
- Maorimyia bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)
- Paractora angustata Malloch, 1933
- Paractora antarctica (Thomson, 1869)
- Paractora asymmetrica (Enderlein, 1930)
- Paractora bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)
- Paractora dreuxi Seguy, 1965
- Paractora jeanneli Seguy, 1940
- Paractora moseleyi (Austen, 1913)
- Paractora rufipes (Macquart, 1844)
- Paractora trichosterna (Thomson, 1869)
References
edit- ^ Mathis, Wayne N.; Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)" (PDF). Myia. 12: 207–233. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ McAlpine, D. K. (1998). Family Helcomyzidae in Manual Palaearct. Diptera (Print). Vol. 3. pp. 341–344.
- McAlpine, J. P. (ed.), 1981–89.Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph