🦋 Family

Lauxaniidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Lauxaniidae

Minettia lupulina is a species of fly in the fly family Lauxaniidae.

Minettia longipennis is a 3-4.5 mm Palearctic lauxaniid fly that lives in hedgerows and wooded areas.

The brown striped litter fly Sapromyza neozelandica is a small red-eyed endemic fly of New Zealand.

Steganopsis melanogaster is a 3 mm lauxaniid fly that can be mistaken for a small beetle, with adults visiting specific tree flowers.

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Syrphidae 232 species Cecidomyiidae 92 species Tephritidae 78 species Tachinidae 58 species Culicidae 54 species Bombyliidae 53 species Stratiomyidae 51 species Asilidae 49 species

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