| Calliopum | |
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| Calliopum simillimum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Lauxaniidae |
| Subfamily: | Lauxaniinae |
| Genus: | Calliopum Strand, 1928 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Lauxania scutellata | |
| Synonyms | |
Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Most, but not all, are luscious black or metallic flies. [1] They are smaller than 5 mm and usually have iridescent eyes. Adults can be found from May until December in meadows and hedge rows. [2] The larvae may be phytophagous or saprophagous, mainly feeding on rotting vegetable matter or mining clover leaves. [3]
These species are present on most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa. [4]
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Meiosimyza is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
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Meoneura is a genus of carnid flies (Diptera).
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