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Golden Flies
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Golden Flies

Chyromyidae

Chyromyidae are small to very small cyclorrhaphous, acalypterate flies (Diptera) currently classified within the Heleomyzoidea by most authors. The majority have a pale yellow integument and bright iridescent green, red or purple eyes. The family is represented in all continents except Antarctica. There are about 150 named species in this family worldwide. There has been no comprehensive taxonomic study to elucidate the generic limits of species in the family. Currently, only four genera are recognised, but...

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9 branches of this family, most-observed first

Gymnochiromyia

genusGymnochiromyia

Chyromya

genusChyromya

Aphaniosoma

genusAphaniosoma

Tethysimyia

genusTethysimyia

Notiochyromya

genusNotiochyromya

Somatiosoma

genusSomatiosoma

Oroschyromya

genusOroschyromya

Krifomyia

genusKrifomyia

Paraphaniosoma

genusParaphaniosoma

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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 329822.