The Celyphidae, commonly known as beetle flies or beetle-backed flies, are a family of flies (order Diptera). About 115 species in about 9 genera are known chiefly from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions with one lineage in the New World.

Celyphidae, often known as sun flies or beetle flies, are a small family of Diptera characterized by their distinctive, shield-like thoracic structure. These insects are primarily found in tropical and subtropical regions and are notable for their unusual appearance.

2021年11月17日 · The family Celyphidae (Diptera, Lauxanioidea) is verified as part of the New World fauna, with a second specimen discovered of a species described from French Guiana in 1844 by P.J.M. Macquart.

2017年10月23日 · Celyphidae is a small family of Acalyptratae flies, comprising 115 valid species currently distributed in eight genera (Gaimari 2017). Celyphids are easily recognized by their shiny body and...

Celyphidae are small to medium-sized flies, frequently shiny or metallic in color. They are easily distinguished by a conspicuous enlargement of the scutellum, which sits like a protective shell over the entire abdomen. The wings, when at rest, are folded beneath the scutellum.

Celyphidae is composed of small to medium-sized beetle-like flies. The celyphids are distinguished by the large, often convex scutellum which is longer than the thorax and usually completely covering the abdomen; the weak development of head, thoracic, and scutellar bristles; the leaf-like development of the arista in most genera; and the absenc...

2024年12月17日 · Check (4): Afrocelyphus – Epicelyphus – Hemiglobus – Paracelyphus. Celyphidae. Gaimari, S.D. 2017. The dipteran family Celyphidae in the New World, with discussion of and key to world genera (Insecta, Diptera). ZooKeys 711: 113—130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.711.20840. Reference page.

Find out information about Celyphidae. A family of myodarian cyclorrhaphous dipteran insects in the subsection Acalypteratae. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright...

2018年12月17日 · The definition of the Celyphidae family is essentially based on the unique structure of genitalia (presence of gonapophyses: protuberances surrounding the sexual orifices and varying strongly between taxa) which has no similar structure in Diptera. This is one of the rare cases where the characterization of a family is based on a single ...

2015年2月25日 · Celyphids are fly species that look like beetle. The larvae are saprophagous and the adults commonly found in moist habitats. A rarely seen blackish blue / purple celyphid fly found in lowland rainforest. It is relatively larger than …