Periscelididae

Cyamops alessandrae (male topotype), body 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: Periscelididae
Subfamiliae: Periscelidinae – Stenomicrinae

Overview of genera (11 + 1†)

Cyamops – Diopsosoma – Marbenia – Neoscutops – Parascutops – Periscelis – Planinasus – Podocera – Scutops – Stenocyamops – Stenomicra – †Procyamops

Name

Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914

References

• Grimaldi, D.A. 2009: The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae). American Museum novitates, (3671 ) DOI: 10.1206/685.1
• Grimaldi, D.A.; Mathis, W.N. 1993: Fossil Periscelididae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 95 (3): 383–403. Internet Archive BHL
• Mathis, W.N.; Rung, A. 2004: Redescription of the genus Diopsosoma Malloch (Diptera, Periscelididae). Revista Brasileira de entomologia, 48: 303–309. DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262004000300002
• Mathis, W.N.; Rung, A. (in press): World catalog and conspectus on the family Periscelididae (Diptera: Schizophora). Myia 12
• Rung, A. 2016. FAMILY PERISCELIDIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 677–680. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.57. Reference page. 
• Winkler, I.S.; Rung, A.; Scheffer, S.J. 2010: Hennig’s orphans revisited: testing morphological hypotheses in the “Opomyzoidea” (Diptera: Schizophora). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 54 (3): 746–762. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.016

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Periscelididae. Version 22 April 2008 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Periscelididae/10644/2008.04.22 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/