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Acartophthalmidae
Acartophthalmus nigrinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Carnoidea
Family:	Acartophthalmidae Czerny, 1928

The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista and having ocelli, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic in distribution. Two fossil species are known, with uncertain placement.

Genera

Flies in the family have a pubescent arista on the antenna. They have ocelli and a characteristic bristle pattern on the head. The wing is sometimes tinged along the costa and there is a humeral break in the costal vein.

• †Acartophthalmites Hennig, 1965
• Acartophthalmus Czerny, 1902

Biology

Adults have been found mostly in forests, often on fungi and decaying wood. Larvae have been reared from dead wood and decaying organic material.

References

1. Owen Lonsdale (November 30, 2009). "Acartophthalmidae". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
2. "†Acartophthalmites Hennig 1965". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
3. Hennig, W. (1965). "Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins und ihre Bedeutung fur die Erforschung der phylogenetischen Entwicklung dieser Dipteren-Gruppe". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 145: 1–215. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
4. Czerny, Leander (1902). "Bemerkungen zu den Arten der Gattungen Anthomyza Fll. und Ischnomyia Lw" (PDF). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 21: 249–256. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
5. Oosterbroek, Pjotr (2015). The European Families of the Diptera: Identification - Diagnosis - Biology. Brill. p. 110. ISBN 9789004278066.

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