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The Canthyloscelidae are a small family of midges closely related to the Scatopsidae. Adults are small to medium-sized (2.5-9.0 mm) flies, relatively stout, usually dark coloured Nematocera with stout legs. They are associated with ancient woodland. Larvae are xylosaprophagous and live in the moist, rotting wood of stumps and fallen trees. Most are considered endangered due to the vulnerability of their habitat. There are 15 described species worldwide from New Zealand, North America, South America, Japan and Russia. The 3 species in Europe are suspected to be introductions. There is one know fossil species from the Jurassic. ==Systematics== Originally considered to be two separate families, the Synneuridae and the Canthyloscelidae. Haenni placed the Synneuridae as the subfamily Synneurinae. A phylogenetic reclassification by Amorim has reduced the Synneurinae into a synonymy of Canthyloscelinae. * Genus ''Canthyloscelis'' Edwards, 1922 * *''Canthyloscelis antennata'' Edwards, 1922 * *''Canthyloscelis apicata'' Edwards, 1934 * *''Canthyloscelis balaena'' Hutson, 1977 * *''Canthyloscelis brevicornis'' Nagatomi, 1983 * *''Canthyloscelis claripennis'' Edwards, 1922 * *''Canthyloscelis nigricoxa'' Edwards, 1922 * *''Canthyloscelis pectinata'' Edwards, 1930 * *''Canthyloscelis pectipennis'' Edwards, 1930 * *''Canthyloscelis valdiviana'' Tollet, 1959 * Genus ''Exiliscelis'' Hutson 1977 * *''Exiliscelis californiensis'' Hutson, 1977 * Genus ''Hyperoscelis'' Hardy & Nagatomi 1960 * *''Hyperoscelis eximia'' (Boheman, 1858) introduced in Europe * *''Hyperoscelis veternosa'' Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969 introduced in Europe * Genus ''Prohyperoscelis'' Kovalev 1985 * *''Prohyperoscelis jurassicus'' † Kovalev, 1985 * Genus ''Synneuron'' Lundström 1910 * *''Synneuron annulipes'' Lundström, 1910 introduced in Europe * *''Synneuron decipens'' Hutson, 1977 * *''Synneuron sylvestre'' Mamaev & Krivosheina, 1969 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canthyloscelidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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