Diagnosis. Small (2.0-5.0 mm), compact-bodied flies with strong cephalic and thoracic setae; body usually grey with dark markings, dark only in some species. Head with strong vibrissae; three pairs of orbital setae; postocellar setae divergent. Wings in most species with small dark markings; C with subcostal break; Sc short, not reaching C. Tibiae with dorsal preapical setae.
Biology. Adults are mainly found near the microhabitats or over the breeding media of their larvae. They are commonly found on wood-destroying fungi and around moist wounds of trees. The larvae usually live in association with wood-boring insects on deciduous and coniferous trees, under the bark and in the wood of rotten logs, as predators.
General references. Collin (1952 [key]), Krivosheina (1981 [systematics, biology], 1984 [catalogue]), J.F. McAlpine (1987e [general]), Papp (1998c [general, keys]).
References to the local fauna. Collin (1952), De Meijere (1907, 1935), Van Zuijlen (1996f).
Remarks. Original data by Van Zuijlen, corrections and updates (publication years marked in red) by Beuk.
How to quote this page: Zuijlen, J.W.A. van, & P.L.Th. Beuk, 2022. Family Odiniidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Odiniidae (date accessed: 15/01/2025).
NL: 6
B: 1
D: 5
UK: 7
World: 50
ODINIIDAE
Neoalticomerus Hendel, 1903
formosus (Loew, 1844)
N; added by De Bree & Ketelaar (2018: 226)
Odinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
boletina (Zetterstedt, 1848)
N; will be formally added by Van Zuijlen (in prep.)
maculata (Meigen, 1830)
N
Note 1
meijerei Collin, 1952
N; added by Collin (1952: 116)
= maculata (Meigen, 1830): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1907, 1935
pomona Cogan, 1969
N; will be formally added by Van Zuijlen (in prep.)
xanthocera Collin, 1952
T; added by Collin (1952: 113)
= maculata (Meigen, 1830): misident. sensu De Meijere, 1907, 1935
Notes
Note 1
All specimens recorded by De Meijere as O. maculata should be referred to O. meijerei and O. xanthocera by Collin (1952: 113, 116). Van Zuijlen (in prep.) recorded the first specimens of the true O. maculata from the Netherlands.
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