Bolitophilidae
Encyclopedia
Bolitophilidae is a family
of Diptera
comprising only one genus, Bolitophila, with contains around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic
species, and 3 species from the Oriental region.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of Diptera
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
comprising only one genus, Bolitophila, with contains around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic
Nearctic
The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...
species, and 3 species from the Oriental region.