Helcomyzidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Sciomyzoidea

Familia: Helcomyzidae
Genera (3): Helcomyza – Maorimyia – Paractora

The Helcomyzidae are a small family of flies in the Acalyptratae. The larvae feed on kelp and other organic matter washed up on shorelines. Species diversity is highest in New Zealand and south temperate South America. They are sometimes allied with the families Dryomyzidae or Coelopidae.[1][2]
Classification

Genus: Helcomyza Curtis, 1825

Helcomyza mediterranea Loew, 1854
Helcomyza mirabilis Melander, 1920
Helcomyza ustulata Curtis, 1825

Genus: Maorimyia Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928

Maorimyia bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)

Genus: Paractora Bigot, 1888

Paractora angustata Malloch, 1933
Paractora antarctica (Thomson, 1869)
Paractora asymmetrica (Enderlein, 1930)
Paractora bipunctata (Hutton, 1901)
Paractora dreuxi Seguy, 1965
Paractora jeanneli Seguy, 1940
Paractora moseleyi (Austen, 1913)
Paractora rufipes (Macquart, 1844)
Paractora trichosterna (Thomson, 1869)

References

Mathis, Wayne N.; Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)" (PDF). Myia. 12: 207–233. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

McAlpine, D. K. (1998). Family Helcomyzidae in Manual Palaearct. Diptera (Print). 3. pp. 341–344.

McAlpine, J. P. (ed.), 1981–89.Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph