Anisopodidae

Sylvicola fenestralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anisopodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Anisopodoidea

Familia: Anisopodidae
Genera (6 + 2†): Carreraia – Lobogaster – Mesochria – Mycetobia – Olbiogaster – Sylvicola – †Megarhyphus – ?†Eoanisopoditis
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils]

Check (2): †Hongocaloneura – †Mesobrachyopteryx

Name

Anisopodidae Knab, 1912

Type genus: Anisopus Meigen, 1803 [= Sylvicola Harris, 1780].

Synonymy

• Anisopidae Knab, 1912: 111
• Anisopodidae: Edwards, 1921: 24

References

Primary references

• Knab, F. 1912. New species of Anisopidae (Rhyphidae) from tropical America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 111–113. BHL.

Additional references

• Amorim, D. de S., Falaschi, R.L. & Oliveira, S.S. 2016. Family ANISOPODIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 15–19. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.4. Reference page. 
• Michelsen, V. 1999: Wood gnats of the genus Sylvicola (Diptera, Anisopodidae): taxonomic status, family assignment, and review of nominal species described by J.C. Fabricius. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 142: 69–75. BHL Internet Archive PDF
• Thompson, F.C. 2006: New Mesochria species (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from Fiji, with notes on the classification of the family. Bishop Museum occasional papers, 86: 11–21. PDF

Vernacular names

English: Wood gnats