Natalimyza

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: Natalimyzidae
Genus: Natalimyza
Species: N. milleri
Name

Natalimyza Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006 [source: Barraclough & McAlpine (2006: 121)]
Original status: genus [source: Barraclough & McAlpine (2006: 121)]
Gender: feminine [source: Barraclough & McAlpine (2006: 121)]
Type species: Natalimyza milleri Barraclough & McAlpine, 2006, by original designation [and monotypy] [source: Barraclough & McAlpine (2006: 121)]

References
cited sources

Barraclough, D.A.; McAlpine, D.K. 2006: Natalimyzidae, a new African family of acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Schizophora: Sciomyzoidea). African invertebrates, 47: 117–134. ISSN: 1681-5556

Additional references

Barraclough, D.A. 2007: The distribution, ecology and phenology of the South African Natalimyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora: Sciomyzoidea). African invertebrates, 48(2): 253–257. ISSN: 1681-5556

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Natalimyza is a genus of flies placed in the family Natalimyzidae and known as African grass flies. There are about 30 species in Africa which are found mainly in grasslands where their larvae are thought to feed on decaying plant material. They are small (less than 5 mm or 0.20 in long) yellow to brown and appear like flies in the families Chyromyidae or Opomyzidae, but differentiated by bristles on the head, having four fronto-orbital bristles.[1]
References

Barraclough, David A.; McAlpine, David K. (2006-12-01). "Natalimyzidae, a new African family of acalyptrate flies (Diptera : Schizophora : Sciomyzoidea)". African Invertebrates. 47 (1): 117–134. ISSN 1681-5556.