Asteiidae

Asteia crassinervis (male), wing length about 2.3 mm

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asteioinea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Opomyzoidea Suprafamilia: Asteioinea

Familia: Asteiidae
Subfamiliae: Asteiinae – Sigaloessinae

Genera (10): Anarista – Asteia – Astiosoma – Bahamia – Bryania – Leiomyza – Loewimyia – Phlebosotera – Polyarista – Sigaloessa – Tucumyia
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]

Name

Asteiidae Rondani, 1856

References

Additional references

• Deeming, J.C. 2010: Order Diptera, family Asteiidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 635–646. [not seen]
• Grimaldi, D.A. 2009: The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae). American Museum novitates, (3671) DOI: 10.1206/685.1
• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Papp, L., 2013: A new genus of Asteiidae with a key to the Old World genera (Diptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 105: 199–205. full article (pdf). Reference page.