Diagnosis. Small (about 2 mm) flies with mainly dark body and contrastingly yellow parts on head and legs. Head with three reclinate fronto-orbital setae and distinct vibrissae. First antennal flagellomere almost circular, arista long and pubescent. Mesonotum with 1+3 dorsocentral setae. Scutellum with two pairs of scutellar setae. Wing with two breaks in the costa.
Biology. Adults are usually found near dead wood but have also been recorded from several kinds of traps, e.g., Malaise and beer traps. Larvae are presumed to be living in dead and decaying wood itself.
General references. General references. McAlpine & Shatalkin (1998 [general]), Roháček (2012 [biology]), Shatalkin (1995 [key]).
References to the local fauna. Van Zuijlen (2009).
How to quote this page: Beuk, P.L.Th., 2013. Family Pseudopomyzidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Pseudopomyzidae (date accessed: 14/03/2025).
NL: 1
B: 1
D: 1
UK: 1
World: 19
PSEUDOPOMYZIDAE
Pseudopomyza Strobl, 1893
atrimana (Meigen, 1830)
N; added by Van Zuijlen (2009: 1)
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