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Ditomyiidae

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Ditomyiidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Symmerus annulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Bibionomorpha
Superfamily: Sciaroidea
Family: Ditomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
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The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms.[1] There are only two genera in Europe Ditomyia Winnertz, 1846 and Symmerus Walker, 1848 [2][3] Ditomyia is found in Central Europe Symmerus in Northern Europe Symmerus is endemic to the Palaearctic.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Matile Family Ditomyiidae.
  2. ^ .Øivind Gammelmo & Eirik Rindal, 2006 On the family Ditomyiidae (Diptera, Sciaroidea) in Norway Norw. J. Entomol. 53, 47-49, 22 May 2006 pdf
  3. ^ Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ Munroe, D.D. 1974. The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Symmerus Walker and Australosymmerus Freeman (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Ditomyiinae). Mem. entomol. soc.Can. 92. 1 – 183. Ottawa
  5. ^ Saigusa, T. (1973). "A new genus and species of the Ditomyiinae from Celebes (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)". Sieboldia. 4: 217–223.
  6. ^ Freeman, P. (1951). "Mycetophilidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 3: 1–138 pp., 49 pls.
  7. ^ Winnertz, Johannes (1846). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Gattungen aus der Ordnung der Zweiflügler". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 7: 11–20.
  8. ^ Papavero, N. (1977). "Family Ditomyiidae". Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of United States. 19B: 6.
  9. ^ Marshall, Patrick (1896). "New Zealand Diptera: no. 2. - MycetophilidaeMycetophilidae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 28: 250–309. hdl:10182/3343.
  10. ^ Edwards, F. W . (1940). "New Neotropical Mycetophilidae (IV) (Diptera)". Revista de Entomologia. 11: 440–465, pls. 18–19.
  11. ^ Ševčík, Jan; Hippa, Heikki; Burdíková, Nikola (January 2022). "Just a Fragment of Undescribed Diversity: Twenty New Oriental and Palearctic Species of Sciaroidea (Diptera), including DNA Sequence Data and Two New Fossil Genera". Insects. 13 (1): 19. doi:10.3390/insects13010019. PMC 8779109. PMID 35055862.