ANTHOMYIIDAE
(anthomyiid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anthomyia
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 47 images 2 ident. refs
Botanophila
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Larva (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 61 images 5 ident. refs
Chirosia
a genus of anthomyiid flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 12 images
Delia
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 22 images
Egle
willow catkin flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 10 subtaxa 90 images 9 ident. refs
Eustalomyia
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Fucellia
seaweed flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 79 images
Lasiomma
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 50 images
Paradelia
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 16 images
Pegomya
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 10 subtaxa 52 images 8 ident. refs
Pegoplata
a genus of anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 27 images
Zaphne
a genus of flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Anthomyiidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Anthomyiid Flies
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 		Unidentified 14 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ackland, D.M. 2013 Provisional unpublished keys etc provided by D. M. Ackland
Ackland, D.M. 2000 provisional unpublished keys etc provided by D. M. Ackland
Séguy, E. 1923 *** Diptères Anthomyides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 6, 393pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
van Erkelens, J.A. Anthomyiidae of the Netherlands www.anthomyiidae.nl/

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 111 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)

In general appearance Anthomyiids are very similar to Muscids or Fanniids. They are mostly small bristly grey to black flies, although some have striking black and grey patterns or a yellow abdomen.

But there are two characters which separate them under the microscope:

All anthomyids have a small setula on the hind first tarsomere, ventrally near base. This character is shared with only the muscid Drymeia.
Most anthomyiids have a small group of downward-projecting hairs on the underside of the scutellum.

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