CHAMAEMYIIDAE
(silverflies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Chamaemyia a genus of silverflies					Genus	1 subtaxa	12 images	2 ident. refs
Leucopis a genus of silverflies					Genus	4 subtaxa		4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	CHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies)
Superfamily	LAUXANIOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

CHAMAEMYIIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Coe, R.L.	1943	Chamaemyia juncorum Fall. and C. herbarum R.-D. (Dipt., Chamaemyiidae): a correction to my recent paper on the British species of the genus	Ent. Mon. Mag.: 128-129.
	Smith, K.V.G.	1963	* A short synopsis of British Chamaemyiidae (Dipt.) *(Superseded)	Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 15 (6): 103-115.

CHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CHAMAEMYIIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)