- Camillidae
Taxobox
name = Camillidae
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Muscomorpha
zoosectio =Schizophora
zoosubsectio =Acalyptratae
superfamilia =Ephydroidea
familia = Camillidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Camilla" Haliday in Curtis, 1837Others...Camillidae is a family of flies, or
Diptera . There are three genera (two living; one fossil).Biology
The lifestyle of the Camillidae is for the most part little known. There is an assumption that the larvae feed on decaying plant matter or animal faeces. Adults have frequently been found at the entrances of mammal burrows, or captured in mammal nests. Adults may be also found feeding on flowers. One species has been reared from larvae in the dung of rock hyraxes in Southern Africa (Barraclough, 1992).
Family Description
Small slender, dark flies generally 2-3.5mm in length. The Arista has long rays above and shorter rays below. Femur of fore legs has a spine on its ventral side.
Genera
*"Camilla" Haliday in Curtis, 1837
*"Afrocamilla " Barraclough, 1992
*"Noterophila " Rondani 1856
*"Katacamilla " Papp, 1978
*"Teratocamilla " Barraclough, 1993
*†"Protocamilla " Hannig 1965Identification
*Duda, O. 1934. Camillidae. In Lindner, E. "Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region", Band VI/1: 1-7, Textfig. 1-8, Stuttgart.
*Papp, L. 1985. A key of the World species of Camillidae (Diptera). Acta zoologica hungarica 31: 217-227.External links
*http://delta-intkey.com/britin/dip/www/camillid.htm
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