Lauxaniid flies
Scientific name: Lauxaniidae
Lauxaniid flies
Scientific name: Lauxaniidae
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Description
Lauxaniidaeare small flies (2 - 7 mm in length). They are often rather plump, dull, or partly lustrous flies. The body colour varies from yellow to brown or black, or with a combination of these colours. The postvertical bristles converge . The frons is wide, with two pairs of frontal bristles, the upper pair of which is always reclinate, the lower pair sometimes decussate. The ocellar bristles are present or minute. Propleural bristles are present or absent and one or two sternopleural bristles are seen. Tibiae all have a preapical bristle. The wings are marked or unmarked . The wing venation is complete and the costa is continuous. The subcosta is entire and ends in the costa. The second basal and anal cells are short and the apical cell usually widely open. The abdomen is oval, rarely elongated.
Species of Lauxaniid flies
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