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Curtonotidae
Sign in to saveThe Curtotonidae or quasimodo flies are a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies (Diptera) with a worldwide distribution, but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian, and Palaearctic regions. Most members of the family are found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in Africa and the Neotropics. Many remain undescribed in collections, since little work on the family has been done since the 1930s.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Curtonotidae is referenced by 189 other articles, and connects out to Sciomyzidae, Diptera and Stratiomyoidea.
It sits within the topics Brachycera families, Ephydroidea and Taxa named by Günther Enderlein.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyCurtonotidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Curtonotidae
- Collections
- USNM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, EMEC, AM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Guyana, Costa Rica, Mexico, Madagascar, Israel, Congo, Kenya
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- Ephydroidea
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10 sectionsContents
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- Distribution
- Biology
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The Curtotonidae or quasimodo flies are a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies (Diptera) with a worldwide distribution, but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian, and Palaearctic regions. Most members of the family are found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in Africa and the Neotropics. Many remain undescribed in collections, since little work on the family has been done since the 1930s.
==Description== For terms see Morphology of Diptera thumb|left|The typical profile Medium-sized flies. The postvertical bristles on head are well developed and cruciate and there are three orbital bristles on head on each side of frons. Arista with long plumosity. Costa with two interruptions one more distal to the humeral crossvein and one before subcosta. Subcosta developed throughout its length up to costa. The posterior basal wing cell and discoidal wing cell are fused. The costa bears spinules.
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