PSILIDAE
(rust flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 18 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
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Species 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPSILIDAE (rust flies)
SuperfamilyDIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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
Collin, J.E. 1944 The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 214-224.

Larvae/Leaf-miners

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

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSILIDAE (rust flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PSILIDAE (rust flies)
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