Biology:Canthyloscelidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Bibionomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Scatopsoidea |
| Family: | Canthyloscelidae Enderlein, 1912 |
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The Canthyloscelidae are a small family of midges closely related to the Scatopsidae.
Adults are small to medium-sized (2.5-9.0 mm) flies, relatively stout, usually dark coloured Nematocera with stout legs. They are associated with ancient woodland. Larvae are xylosaprophagous and live in the moist, rotting wood of stumps and fallen trees.[1]
Most are considered endangered due to the vulnerability of their habitat.
Fifteen described species live in New Zealand, North America, South America, Japan and Russia , and one is known from the Jurassic fossil record.
Systematics
Originally considered to be two separate families, the Synneuridae and the Canthyloscelidae. Haenni [2] placed the Synneuridae as the subfamily Synneurinae. A phylogenetic reclassification by Amorim [3] has reduced the Synneurinae into a synonymy of Canthyloscelinae.
- Genus Canthyloscelis Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis antennata Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis apicata Edwards, 1934
- Canthyloscelis balaena Hutson, 1977
- Canthyloscelis brevicornis Nagatomi, 1983
- Canthyloscelis claripennis Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis nigricoxa Edwards, 1922
- Canthyloscelis pectinata Edwards, 1930
- Canthyloscelis pectipennis Edwards, 1930
- Canthyloscelis valdiviana Tollet, 1959
- Genus Exiliscelis Hutson 1977
- Exiliscelis californiensis Hutson, 1977
- Genus Hyperoscelis Hardy & Nagatomi 1960
- Hyperoscelis eximia (Boheman, 1858)
- Hyperoscelis veternosa Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969
- Genus † Prohyperoscelis Kovalev 1985 Itat Formation, Russia, Bathonian
- Prohyperoscelis jurassicus † Kovalev, 1985
- Genus Synneuron Lundström 1910
References
- ↑ Hutson A.M. (1977). "A revision of the families Synneuridae and Canthyloscelidae (Diptera).". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (London: British Museum (Natural History)) 35 (3): 67–100. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4753. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/4753.
- ↑ Haenni J.-P. (1997). Family Canthyloscelidae. In Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Nematocera and Lower Brachycera.. 2. Budapest: Science Herald. pp. 273–279.
- ↑ Amorim D. de S. (2000). "A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for the Canthyloscelidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha)". Canadian Journal of Zoology (Toronto: National Research Council Canada) 78 (6): 1067–1077. doi:10.1139/z00-010. ISSN 1480-3283.
Wikidata ☰ Q1938951 entry
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