Family BRACHYSTOMATIDAE
Compiler and date details
February 2012 - Scott Ginn, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Introduction
Brachystomatidae is a recently established family of empidoid flies, following Sinclair and Cumming's 2006 revised classification of the Empidoidea. The Australian fauna currently consists of 20 species from three genera. Ceratomerus is the most speciose genus with 18 species of Brachystomatinae, based largely on the work of Sinclair (2003). Species of this genus are characteristically found resting on rocks along streams in upland areas.
General References
Evenhuis, N.L. 2008. Family Brachystomatidae. In Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. 30 April 2008. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/brachystomatidae.html
Sinclair, B.J. 2003. Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of the subfamily Ceratomerinae of Australia (Diptera: Empidoidea). Records of the Australian Museum 55(1): 1-44 [Date published 16 April]
Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1-172