Callomyiinae

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Callomyiinae
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Agathomyia falleni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platypezidae
Subfamily: Callomyiinae
Fallén, 1815
Genera

Callomyiinae is a subfamily of flat-footed flies (family Platypezidae). Members of this subfamily, such as the Palaearctic species Agathomyia falleni , are characterized by a distinctive row of acrostichal bristles along the middle of the thorax, which differentiates them from related subfamilies. [1]

References

  1. Marshall, Stephen A. (2012). Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. p. 408. ISBN 978-1-77085-100-8.