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Cf. Periscelididae
Life style non-parasitic.
Adult insects. Antennae 2–6 segmented; ‘modified’; aristate (the arista often plumose). The second antennal segment not grooved. The third segment not elongated. Ptilinal suture clearly defined. Post-vertical orbital bristles present; divergent. Mouthparts functional. The maxillary palps 1 segmented; porrect. Vibrissae absent. Thorax without a continuous dorsal suture; without well defined posterior calli. Wings without a closed anal cell (the cell not complete). The costa unbroken. Sub-costa apparent; joining vein 1 more or less where it joins the costa. Wing vein 6 falling short of the wing margin. Media-cubitus and radius-media cross-veins not both present, media and radius being fused. Tibiae without a dorsal pre-apical bristle. Hind tibiae without strong bristles in the basal 4/5.
Larvae and pupae. The larvae acephalic. The pupae enclosed within a puparium.
Comments. This description contains too much information derived via extrapolation from an assumed similarity to Periscelididae.
Classification. Suborder Brachycera; Division Muscomorpha Schizophora Acalyptratae; Superfamily Opomyzoidea.
British representation. 2 species in Britain. Genera 1; Stenomicra.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Diptera. Version: 14th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.