The family Pseudopomyzidae comprises minute to small (1.7–5.5 mm), dark-coloured acalyptrate flies; formerly they have been treated as a subfamily of CypselosomatidaeCarvalho-Filho, Fernando da Silva, & Esposito, Maria Cristina. (2011). Redescription of Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig (Diptera: Cypselosomatidae) and the first record from Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 11(1), 195–197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000100020
Biology The biology of pseudopomyzines is very poorly known. Most species are from the New World and Asia. There is only one European species, Pseudopomyza atrimana (Meigen, 1830), which occurs in woodland, and adults have been found to gathering over rotting logs or attracted to the freshly cut and sappy stumps or logs of deciduous trees.
Genera Latheticomyia Wheeler, 1956 Heloclusia Malloch, 1933 Macalpinella Papp, 2005 Polypathomyia Krivosheina, 1979 Pseudopomyza Strobl, 1893 Pseudopomyzella Hennig, 1969 Rhinopomyzella Hennig, 1969 Tenuia Malloch, 1926
Fossils The fossil record is very poor, with only one specimen of the species, Eopseudopomyza kuehni Hennig, 1971, which has been recorded from Baltic amber.
References
External links
Diptera.info Images of Pseudopomyza atrimana Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia UK Pseudopomyzinae on the Dipterists Forum