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~Tanypezidae
Adult insects. Winged. The face in lateral view not deeply excavated between the antennae and the edge of the mouth. Antennae 2–6 segmented; ‘modified’; aristate; the arista dorsal. The second antennal segment not grooved. Ptilinal suture clearly defined. Mouthparts functional. The maxillary palps 1 segmented; porrect. Vibrissae absent. Thorax without a continuous dorsal suture; without well defined posterior calli. Wings with a discal cell; with a closed anal cell. The costa with one break (near the end of R1). Wings with the lower calypter much reduced or absent; unpatterned. 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. Cf. Tanypezidae, but with the sub-costa incomplete.
Classification. Suborder Brachycera; Division Muscomorpha Schizophora Acalyptratae; Superfamily Diopsoidea.
British representation. 1 species in Britain. Genera 1; Strongylophthalmyia ustulata.
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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’.