Australimyzidae

Australimyzidae is a family of flies (Diptera). There is 1 genus, containing 9 known species known from Australia and New Zealand and subantarctic surrounding islands. They have saprophagous larvae.[1][2]

Australimyzidae
Male Australimyza australensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Carnoidea
Family: Australimyzidae
Griffiths, 1972
Genera
  • Australimyza Harrison, 1959

Species
  • Austalimyza
    • A. australensis (Mik, 1881)
    • A. glandulifera Brake & Mathis, 2007[1]
    • A. kaikoura Brake & Mathis, 2007[1]
    • A. longiseta Harrison, 1959[2]
    • A. macquariensis (Womersley, 1937)
    • A. mcalpinei Brake & Mathis, 2007[1]
    • A. salicorniae Harrison, 1959[2]
    • A. setigera Harrison, 1959[2]
    • A. victoria Brake & Mathis, 2007[1]

References
  1. Brake, I; Mathis, W (2007). "Revision of the genus Australimyza Harrison (Diptera: Australimyzidae)". Systematic Entomology. Wiley. 32 (2): 252–275. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00363.x. ISSN 1365-3113.
  2. Harrison, R. A. (1959). "Acalypterate Diptera of New Zealand". N. Z. Dep of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin. New Zealand Dep of Scientific and Industrial Research. 128: vii+382 pp.
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