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Rust Flies
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Rust Flies

Psilidae

The Psilidae are family of flies. Commonly called the rust flies, at least 38 species are in four genera. The carrot fly (Chamaepsila rosae) is a member of this group. They are found mainly in the Holarctic.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Psilinae

subfamilyPsilinae

Chyliza

genusChyliza

Belobackenbardia

genusBelobackenbardia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 319827.