Ditomyiidae
Family of flies
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The Ditomyiidae are a small (90 species) family of flies (Diptera).They are found worldwide (except in the Afrotropical Region), most species are found in the Australasian and Neotropical realms.[1] There are only two genera in Europe Ditomyia Winnertz, 1846 and Symmerus Walker, 1848 [2][3] Ditomyia is found in Central Europe Symmerus in Northern Europe Symmerus is endemic to the Palaearctic.[4]
| Ditomyiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Symmerus annulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Bibionomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Sciaroidea |
| Family: | Ditomyiidae Keilin, 1919 |
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Genera
- Asioditomyia Saigusa, 1973[5]
- Australosymmerus (Freeman, 1951)[6]
- Ditomyia Winnertz, 1846[7]
- Neocrionisca Papavero, 1977[8]
- Nervijuncta Marshall, 1896[9]
- Rhipidita Edwards, 1940[10]
- Symmerus Walker, 1848
- †Burmasymmerus Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)[11]
