Cryptochetidae
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cryptochetidae-234-5592237
title:
Cryptochetidae
text:
The Cryptochetidae are a small family of tiny flies. Some twenty to thirty species are known. Generally they are metallic blue black, stoutly built, with the head broad and high and with clear wings. Like other species in the superfamily Lonchaeoidea, the Cryptochetidae have antennae with a cleft in the second segment. Unlike practically all Schizophora however, they lack an arista, or if they do have one, it is too small to distinguish with any confidence. The family name refers to this unusual
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Family of flies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptochetidae
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-09T11:00:58Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15