CHLOROPIDAE
(chloropid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Conioscinella
a genus of chloropid flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Cryptonevra
a genus of chloropid flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Elachiptera
a genus of chloropid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Gaurax
a genus of flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Incertella
a genus of flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Lipara
chloropid reed-gall flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 16 images 4 ident. refs
Meromyza
a genus of chloropid flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Thaumatomyia
a genus of chloropid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images 1 ident. refs
Tricimba
a genus of chloropid flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Chloropidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Chloropid Flies
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 		Unidentified 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Andersson, H. 1977 Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on Chloropidae (Diptera) with special reference to Old World genera Ent. scand. Suppl. 8: 1-200.
Ismay, J. Chloropid Flies
Nartshuk, E.P. & Andersson, H. 2013 The Frit Flies (Chloropidae, Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol 43, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

Species With Strongly Reduced Wings

Ismay, J.W. 1980 Two Brachypterous Chloropidae (Dipt.) new to Britain Ent. Mon. Mag. 115: 225-227.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
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