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Family ODINIIDAE Hendel, 1820


Compiler and date details

April 2011 - Scott Ginn, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

2007 - R. Johnson, data taken from Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (accessed 2007)

Introduction

Odiniidae is a small family of flies represented in all world zoogeographical regions. There are currently 62 species described worldwide, but there are many more undescribed species known to science. In Australia, currently only two genera are recorded — each represented by an undescibed species (Colless & McAlpine, [1975]). There has been virtually no research conducted on this family in Australia. Important literature relating to this family includes Shewell (1960) — a key to genera; Hennig (1969) — a key to subfamily and world genera; Prado (1973) — a key to world genera; and most recently Gaimari (2010) — a key to world genera.

Biology
There has been little research into the life histories of species from this family. They are known to be scavengers or predators associated with wood-boring larvae of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

 

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)
21-Mar-2016 01-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)