Lauxanioidea
| Lauxanioidea | |
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| Homoneura hirayamae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Lauxanioidea Hendel, 1922[1] |
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The Lauxanioidea are a superfamily of flies that includes the two large families, the Lauxaniidae and Chamaemyiidae, and the small family Celyphidae. Generally, they are small to medium, densely populated, coloured flies. The Chamaemyiidae and Cremifaniidae live as parasites on insects. The family Celyphidae looks like beetles.
Some authors also recognize the family Cremifaniidae, but most place this in the Chamaemyiidae.
References
- ↑ Kim, S.P. (1994). Australian Lauxaniid Flies. Revision of the Australian Species of Homoneura van der Wulp, Trypetisoma Malloch, and Allied Genera (Diptera : Lauxaniidae). Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Entomology. p. 445.
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