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Aulacigastridae

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Aulacigastridae is a very small family of flies known as sap flies. The family Stenomicridae used to be included within this family, but was moved by Papp in 1984. They are found in all the Ecoregions.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyAulacigastridae
Observations recorded4,143

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
Family
Aulacigastridae
Collections
MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, EMEC, PSUC, MSU
Recorded in
Costa Rica, Peru, Canada, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Opomyzoidea
Image
Aulacigaster leucopeza Karsten Sund NHM UiO.JPG
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taxon name
Aulacigastridae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Aulacigastridae
Commons category
Aulacigastridae
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Biology
  • Species lists
  • Identification
  • Phylogeny
  • References
  • External links

Aulacigastridae is a very small family of flies known as sap flies. The family Stenomicridae used to be included within this family, but was moved by Papp in 1984. They are found in all the Ecoregions.

==Description== For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

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