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Family ANTHOMYIIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830


Compiler and date details

10 July 2007 - Michale Elliot, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Introduction

Anthomyiidae are largely Palaearctic and Nearctic. Here five genera and 11 species are recorded for Australia. All but two of the species are introduced; two did not establish.

The larvae live mainly in decaying vegetation (Hamilton et al. 2006).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2019 DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 09-Jan-2019 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)