Family ANTHOMYIIDAE
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).
General References
Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) 2007. Family Anthomyiidae. In, Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. (online version)
Hamilton, J. et al. 2006. On the Fly, The interactive atlas and key to Australian fly families. [CD-Rom] CBIT & Australian Biological Resources Study, Brisbane & Canberra