Strongylophthalmyiidae

Strongylophthalmyiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Muscomorpha
Family:	Strongylophthalmyiidae; Hennig 1940
Genera
	Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993; Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902;

Strongylophthalmyiidae is a small family of about 45 species of slender, long-legged flies. The majority of these occurring the Oriental and Australasian Regions. They are divided into two genera, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993 and Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902. Formally the genus Strongylophthalmyia was classified with the Psilidae. Little is know of their biology, but many species seem to be associated with rotting bark.

References

Barber, K. N. , Strongylophthalmyia pengellyi n. sp., a second species of Nnearctic Sstrongylophthalmyiidae (Diptera), JESO Volume 137, 2006. pp 81-109

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