Australimyzidae is a family of flies (
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...
). There is 1 genus, containing 9 known species known from
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
and
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
and subantarctic surrounding islands. They have
saprophagous
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...
larvae.
Species
* ''
Australimyza''
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A. australensis''
( Mik, 1881)
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A. glandulifera''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
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A. kaikoura''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
**''
A. longiseta''
Harrison, 1959
**''
A. macquariensis''
(Womersley, 1937)
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A. mcalpinei''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
**''
A. salicorniae''
Harrison, 1959
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A. setigera''
Harrison, 1959
**''
A. victoria''
Brake & Mathis, 2007
References
Brachycera families
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