PSILIDAE
(rust flies)

PSILIDAE (rust flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PSILIDAE (rust flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Chamaepsila
a genus of psilid flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 9 trophisms
Chyliza
a genus of psilid flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 13 trophisms
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSILIDAE (rust flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PSILIDAE (rust flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 45 images of PSILIDAE (rust flies)
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