Heterocheila
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| Family: | Heterocheilidae McAlpine, 1991
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| Genus: | Heterocheila Róndani, 1857
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Heterocheila is a genus of acalyptrate true flies (Diptera). They are placed in their own family, Heterocheilidae, in the superfamily Sciomyzoidea.[1] They are not widely familiar outside entomological circles, but the common name "half-bridge flies" has been associated with them.[2] They are medium-sized flies occurring mainly in temperate regions on seashores of the Northern Hemisphere, where they and their larvae typically feed on stranded kelp in the wrack zone. In this, they resemble the so-called kelp flies, which are members of a different family, though the same superfamily.
The family Heterocheilidae was established by McAlpine in 1991.[2] He distinguished it from other families to which Heterocheila had hitherto been referred at various times and by various authorities[3] – Helcomyzidae, Dryomyzidae and Coelopidae.[4]
Species
Two species have been described:
- Heterocheila buccata Róndani, 1857, with a Palearctic distribution in North America and Eurasia; and
- Heterocheila hannai (Cole, 1921)[5] It has been reported from the NE USA coast of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington.
The name name Oedoparea Loew, 1862 is regarded as synonymous.[6]
References
- ^ Mathis, Wayne N. World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Heterocheilidae (Diptera: Schizophora). MYIA, 12:281–289 2011
- ^ a b McAlpine, D. K. 1991. Relationships of the genus Heterocheila (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea) with description of a new family. Tijdschr. Ent. 134: 193-199. [1991.12.18] online
- ^ McAlpine, D. K. 1998. Chapter 33. Family Heterocheilidae. Manual Palaearct. Dipt. 3: 345-347. [1998.11.30]
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- ^ Cole, F. R. 1921. Diptera from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 11(14): 169-177. 1921
- ^ Loew, H. 1862. Diptera. Ueber die europäischen Helomyzidae und die in Schlesien vorkommenden Arten derselben. Z. Ent. (Breslau) (1859) 13: 1-80
External links
- Diptera.info Images of Heterocheila buccata
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