| Peplomyza | |
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| Peplomyza litura North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Lauxaniidae |
| Subfamily: | Lauxaniinae |
| Genus: | Peplomyza Haliday in Curtis, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Sapromyza litura Meigen, 1826 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Peplomyza is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae.
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.
The Lauxaniidae are a family of acalyptrate flies. They generally are small flies with large compound eyes that often are brightly coloured in life, sometimes with characteristic horizontal stripes, such as in Cestrotus species. Many species have variegated patterns on their wings, but in contrast they generally do not have variegated bodies, except for genera such as Cestrotus, whose camouflage mimics lichens or the texture of granitic rocks.
The Celyphidae, commonly known as beetle flies or beetle-backed flies, are a family of flies. About 115 species in about 9 genera are known chiefly from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions with one lineage in the New World.
Minettia is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae. They have almost worldwide distribution, is one of the most species rich genera of the family with more than 120 described species. The Palaearctic is the most diverse with some 56 described species. The genus is divided into 3 subgenera.
Sapromyzosoma is a subgenus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Sapromyza (Sapromyzosoma) quadricincta, is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae present in Europe.
Neoparoecus is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Aulogastromyia is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Tricholauxania is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Eusapromyza is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Sciasminettia is a genus of small Palearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
The broad-headed flies is a subfamily of flies. Until 2010, they were known from only one species based on four specimens and placed in the family Eurychoromyiidae.
Meiosimyza is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Sapromyza halidayi is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Meiosimyza rorida is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Meiosimyza platycephala is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Meiosimyza decempunctata is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Lauxania is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Calliopum simillimum is a species of fly in the family Lauxaniidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
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