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Fine Flies
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Fine Flies

Asteiidae

Asteiidae is a small but widespread family of acalyptrate flies or Diptera. About 130 species in 10 genera have been described worldwide.They are rarely collected.

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Asteia

genusAsteia

Leiomyza

genusLeiomyza

Phlebosotera

genusPhlebosotera

Sigaloessa

genusSigaloessa

Astiosoma

genusAstiosoma

Bryania

genusBryania

Anarista

genusAnarista

Loewimyia

genusLoewimyia

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173269.