| Acelyphus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Lauxanioidea |
| Family: | Celyphidae |
| Genus: | Acelyphus Malloch, 1929 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Acelyphus politus | |
Acelyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Indomalayan realm. [2]
Species of the genus Acelyphus are distinguished by the discal and second basal cell of the wing being joined. [2]
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The Lauxanioidea are a superfamily of flies that includes the two large families, the Lauxaniidae and Chamaemyiidae, and the small family Celyphidae. Generally, they are small to medium, densely populated, coloured flies. The Chamaemyiidae live as parasites on insects. The family Celyphidae look like beetles.
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