Aulacigastridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Opomyzoidea
Suprafamilia: Asteioinea

Familia: Aulacigastridae
Genera (3): Aulacigaster – Curiosimusca – ?Echidnocephalodes
Name

Aulacigastridae Duda, 1924
Incorrect original spelling: Aulacogastridae

References
Additional references

Rung, A. 2016. FAMILY AULACIGASTRIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 681–684. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.58. Reference page.
Rung, A.; Mathis, W.N.; Papp, L. 2005: Curiosimusca, gen. nov., and three new species in the family Aulacigastridae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Opomyzoidea). Zootaxa 1009(1): 21–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1009.1.3 Open access. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 角蛹蝇科

Aulacigastridae is a very small family of flies known as sap flies. The family Stenomicridae used to be included within this family, but was moved by Papp in 1984. They are found in all the Ecoregions.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

Aulacigastrids are small black flies. The head is rounded. Postvertical bristles and ocellar bristles are absent, there are two orbital bristles on each side of frons, the anterior orbital bristle directed forward and towards median line. Vibrissae are well developed. On the mesonotum there are two pairs of dorsocentral bristles. The costa is interrupted near the subcosta (which reaches the costa). The posterior basal wing cell and discoidal wing cell are fused and the anal vein does not reach the margin of the wings.
Biology

The larvae of sap flies feed on the sap of deciduous and coniferous trees (sap runs) and feed on micro-organisms within the sap. Adults feed on nectar, and other fermenting substances.
Species lists

West Palaearctic including Russia
Nearctic
Australasian/Oceanian
Japan
World list

Identification

Duda. 1934. Aulacigastridae. In Lindner, In: Lindner, E. (Ed.). Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 6,1,58c, 1-5. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision (in German).
Stackelberg, A.A. Family Aulacigastridae in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision.

Opomyzoidea

Clusioinea (Clusiidae[2])        Agromyzoinea (Odiniidae+Fergusoninidae+Agromyzidae)        Opomyzoinea (Opomyzidae+Anthomyzidae)     Asteioinea      Neurochaetidae+Aulacigastridae+Periscelididae        Teratomyzidae        Xenasteiidae      Asteiidae

 
 
References

Rung, Alessandra; Mathis, Wayne N. (2011). "A Revision of the Genus Aulacigaster Macquart (Diptera: Aulacigastridae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 633. ISSN 0081-0282. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

Nello schema di McAlpine, i Clusiidae sono in relazione con il genere Acartophthalmus, che secondo l'analisi cladistica di Buck (2006) va collocato nel clade dei Carnoidea. Vedi Acartophthalmidae.

Mathis, W. N., Freidberg, A. A, 1994 Revision of the Nearctic Aulacigaster Macquart with notes on A. leucopeza (Meigen) from the Palearctic Region (Diptera, Aulacigastridae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96 :583–598 online