Helosciomyzidae

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: Helosciomyzidae
Genera (11): Cobergius – Dasysciomyza – Eurotocus – Helosciomyza – Luta – Napaeosciomyza – Neosciomyza – Polytocus – Sciogriphoneura – Scordalus – Xenosciomyza
Name

Helosciomyzidae

References

Barnes, J.K. 1981: Revision of the Helosciomyzidae (Diptera). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11(1): 45–72. BUGZ Google books
McAlpine, D.K. 1992. The earliest described species of Helosciomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Australian entomological magazine 19: 89­–92. [Not seen] Reference page.
McAlpine, D.K. 2012. Notes and descriptions of Australian Helosciomyzidae or comb-winged flies (Diptera: Schizophora). Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 51–70. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1582 Open access. Reference page.
Steyskal, G.S.; Knutson, L. 1978: Helosciomyzinae in Australia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). Australian journal of zoology, 26(4): 727–743. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9780727

The Helosciomyzidae are a small family of flies - 9 genera and 22 species.[1] All are known from the Southern Hemisphere. With the exception of the South American genus Sciogriphoneura, the family occurs in Australia, New Zealand.[1] Little is known of their biology.[1]
Classification

• Cobergius Barnes, 1981^[2]

• C. vittata (Macquart, 1851)

• Dasysciomyza Barnes, 1981^[2]

• D. setuligera (Malloch, 1922)^[3]
• D. pseudosetuligera (Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928)^[4]

• Eurotocus Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979^[5]

• E. australis Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979^[5]

• Helosciomyza Hendel, 1917

• H. fuscinervis (Macquart, 1851)
• H. anaxantha Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979^[5]
• H. australica Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979^[5]
• H. ferruginea Hendel, 1917
• H. macalpinei Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979^[5]
• H. subalpina Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928^[4]

• Napaeosciomyza Barnes, 1981^[2]

• N. rara (Hutton, 1901)
• N. spinicosta (Malloch, 1922)^[3]
• N. subspinicosta (Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928)^[4]

• Neosciomyza Barnes, 1981^[2]

• N. anhecta (Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979)^[5]
• N. luteipennis (Steyskal in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979)^[5]

• Polytocus Lamb, 1909^[6]

• P. luteipennis Harrison, 1976
• P. luteipennis Lamb, 1909^[6]

• Scordalus Barnes, 1981^[2]

• S. femoratus (Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928)^[4]

• Xenosciomyza Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928^[4]

• X. prima Tonnoir & Malloch, 1928^[4]
• X. turbotti Harrison, 1955

References

Barnes, Jeffrey K. (21 May 2007). "Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog -- Web Version". Hawaii: Hawaii Biological Survey.
Barnes, Jeffrey K. (1981). "Revision of the Helosciomyzidae (Diptera)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 11 (1): 45–72. doi:10.1080/03036758.1981.10419451.
Malloch, John Russell (1922). "A revision of the generic status of some New Zealand Diptera". N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. 5: 227–228.
Tonnoir, A. L.; Malloch, J. R. (1928). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part IV. Sciomyzidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3 (3): 151–179.
Steyskal, G. S.; Knutson, Lloyd (1978). "Helosciomyzinae in Australia (Diptera : Sciomyzidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 26 (4): 727–743. doi:10.1071/ZO9780727.
Lamb, C. G. (1909). "The Diptera of the subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Pp. 124-145. In Chilton, C. (ed.), The subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Canterbury, Wellington: Phil. Inst.: xxxv + 388 pp. Retrieved 1 December 2019.