Cypselosomatidae

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: Nerioidea

Familia: Cypselosomatidae
Genera (12): Clisa – Cypselosoma – Formicosepsis – Heloclusia – Latheticomyia – Lycosepsis – Macalpinella – Polypathomyia – Pseudopomyza – Pseudopomyzella – Rhinopomyzella – Tenuia

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]

†Eopseudopomyza
Name

Cypselosomatidae

Synonyms

Pseudopomyzidae

References

Marques, D.W.A. & Rafael, J.A. 2016. Latheticomyia Wheeler (Diptera: Pseudopomyzidae) from Peru: new species, description of the male of L. longiterebra Hennig and a key to species. Zootaxa 4093(3): 424–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.8 Reference page.
McAlpine, D.K. 1996: Relationships and classification of the Pseudopomyzidae (Diptera: Nerioidea). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 116: 223–232. BHL

The Cypselosomatidae are a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae. Eleven living genera and one fossil genus are described, 8 of which are in the subfamily Pseudopomyzinae; this group was formerly ranked as a family, but they have been treated as a subfamily of Cypselosomatidae since 2007.[1] Some species are believed to be associated with bat guano.[2]
Distribution

They occur worldwide, including Australia.
References

Carvalho-Filho, Fernando da Silva, & Esposito, Maria Cristina. (2011). Redescription of Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig (Diptera: Cypselosomatidae) and the first record from Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 11(1), 195-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000100020
Wayne N. Mathis. "Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog - Web Version -Cypselosomatidae". Retrieved 24 May 2010.