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Anthomyiidae
The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Most look rather like small houseflies. Most species are drab grey to black. Many Pegomya are yellow, and some members of the genera Anthomyia and Eutrichota are patterned in black-and-white or black-and-silvery-grey. Most are difficult to identify, apart from a few groups such as the kelp flies that are conspicuous on beaches.
The name Anthomyiidae was derived from Greek anthos (flower) plus myia (a fly).
39 branches of this family, most-observed first
Anthomyia
genusAnthomyia
Eutrichota
genusEutrichota
Leucophora
genusLeucophora
Hydrophoria
genusHydrophoria
Seaweed Flies
genusFucellia
Pegomya
genusPegomya
Delia
genusDelia
Chirosia
genusChirosia
Hylemya
genusHylemya
Eustalomyia
genusEustalomyia
Egle
genusEgle
Botanophila
genusBotanophila
Emmesomyia
genusEmmesomyia
Mycophaga
genusMycophaga
Adia
genusAdia
Lasiomma
genusLasiomma
Pegoplata
genusPegoplata
Phorbia
genusPhorbia
Paregle
genusParegle
Alliopsis
genusAlliopsis
Calythea
genusCalythea
Chiastocheta
genusChiastocheta
Zaphne
genusZaphne
Parapegomyia
genusParapegomyia
Acyglossa
genusAcyglossa
Paradelia
genusParadelia
Strobilomyia
genusStrobilomyia
Acklandia
genusAcklandia
Hyporites
genusHyporites
Myopina
genusMyopina
Subhylemyia
genusSubhylemyia
Coenosopsia
genusCoenosopsia
Boreophorbia
genusBoreophorbia
Enneastigma
genusEnneastigma
Tettigoniomyia
genusTettigoniomyia
Taeniomyia
genusTaeniomyia
Sinohylemya
genusSinohylemya
Heterostylodes
genusHeterostylodes
Acridomyia
genusAcridomyia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Anthomyiidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 49996.