| Metaclythia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Platypezidae |
| Genus: | Metaclythia Kessel, 1952 [1] |
| Species: | M. currani |
| Binomial name | |
| Metaclythia currani | |
Metaclythia is a genus of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). There is one described species, Metaclythia currani.
The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing. This behaviour is a source of one of their alternate names, scuttle fly. Another vernacular name, coffin fly, refers to Conicera tibialis. About 4,000 species are known in 230 genera. The most well-known species is cosmopolitan Megaselia scalaris. At 0.4 mm in length, the world's smallest fly is the phorid Euryplatea nanaknihali.
Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As usual in their superfamily Hippoboscoidea, most of the larval development takes place within the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately.
The Lonchopteridae are a family of small (2–5 mm), slender, yellow to brownish-black Diptera, occurring all over the world. Their common name refers to their pointed wings, which have a distinct venation. Many are parthenogenic; males are very rare, however, at least in North American species, and have a somewhat different venation than do the females.
The Platypezoidea are a superfamily of true flies of the section Aschiza. Their closest living relatives are the Syrphoidea, which, for example, contain the hoverflies. Like these, the adults do not burst open their pupal cases with a ptilinum when hatching, thus the Aschiza do not have the inverted-U-shaped suture above the antennae. They are, however, muscomorphs, thus have a particular type of pupal case resembling a rounded barrel and called puparium.
The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies, they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, although both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is found in temperate areas, with species occurring in the southern Afrotropical, Holarctic, and Australasian regions.
Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetiidae which were formerly included in the Platypezidae.
The Opetiidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea, one of two families commonly called flat-footed flies. The family contains only five extant species in two genera, Opetia from the Palearctic region and Puyehuemyia from Chile in South America. Several fossil genera have been assigned to the family, but many of these are likely to belong elsewhere in the Platypezoidea. Lonchopterites from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and Electrosania from the Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber seem likely to be closely related to modern opetiids.
Callomyia is a genus of flies in the family Platypezidae. Some species can be found in Belgium.
Polyporivora is a genus of flat-footed flies. There are about eight described species in Polyporivora.
Bertamyia is a genus of flat-footed flies. There are two described species Bertamyia notata and Bertamyia umacibise.
Grossoseta pacifica is a species of flat-footed flies.
Seri is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Bolopus is a genus of flat-footed flies. There is one described species, Bolopus furcatus.
Melanderomyia is a genus of flat-footed flies. There is one described species, Melanderomyia kahli.
Chydaeopeza is a genus of flat-footed flies. There is one described species, Chydaeopeza tibialis.
Protoclythia is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Protoclythia californica is a species of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Pamelamyia is a genus of flat-footed flies. There is one described species, Pamelamyia stuckenbergorum.
Paraplatypeza is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Seri dymka is a species of fly in the genus Seri.
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