LAUXANIIDAE
(lauxaniid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Calliopum
a genus of lauxaniid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 35 images
Homoneura
a genus of lauxaniid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 12 images 2 ident. refs
Meiosimyza
a genus of lauxaniid flies
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 27 images 1 ident. refs
Minettia
a genus of lauxaniid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 58 images 3 ident. refs
Peplomyza litura
a lauxaniid fly
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 		Species 10 images
Pseudolyciella
a genus of flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Sapromyza
a genus of lauxaniid flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 40 images
Tricholauxania praeusta
a lauxaniid fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 22 images
Lauxaniidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Lauxaniid Flies
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (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
Clemons, L. 2000 British Lauxaniidae
Collin, J.E. 1948 A short synopsis of the British Sapromyzidae (Diptera) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 225-242.
Collin, J.E. 1933 Five new species Of Diptera Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 69: 272-275.
Mitchell, M. 2012 Key to the British Lauxaniidae (Diptera)
Remm, E. & Elberg, K. 1979 Terminalla of the Lauxaniidae (Diptera) found in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Dipteroloogilisi Uurimusi: 66-117.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
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