PSILIDAE
(rust flies)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images
Chamaepsila a genus of psilid flies	Genus	1 subtaxa	15 images
Chyliza a genus of psilid flies	Genus	1 subtaxa	2 images
Imantimyia a genus of psilid flies	Genus	1 subtaxa	18 images
Loxocera a genus of psilid flies	Genus	1 subtaxa	8 images
Psila fimetaria a psilid fly	Species		2 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	PSILIDAE (rust flies)
Superfamily	DIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

PSILIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Collin, J.E.	1944	The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera)	EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 214-224.
Larvae/Leaf-miners
	Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R.		The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects	www.ukflymines.co.uk

PSILIDAE (rust flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DIOPSOIDEA
(psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSILIDAE (rust flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PSILIDAE (rust flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PSILIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larvae/Leaf-miners

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)