Teratomyzidae are small, slender, yellow to blackish flies. The wings
are rather narrow and elongate with the crossveins very close together near
the wing base and the anal vein almost always very long and oblique (probably
secondarily elongate). Most species lack palpi. Larvae have been found on
the surface of bracken ferns (Pteridium sp.) in Australia (Ferrar,
1987).
Although only 7 species have been described from the regions covered by this catalog (6 from Australia, 1 from New
Zealand), more than 20 occur in Australia (D.K. McAlpine, in litt.) and several others in New Guinea.
Ref.: Ferrar (1987, immat. biol.); McAlpine & Keyzer (1994, gen.
classif., immat. biol.); McAlpine (2012; rev. Australian Teratomyza).
AUSTER McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 311. Type species: Auster
pteridii McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994, orig. des.
pteridii McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 311. Australia (NSW).
LIPS McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 318. Type species: Lips collessi McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994, orig. des.
collessi McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 319. Australia (WA).
POUS McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 313. Type species: Pous manicula McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994, orig. des.
manicula McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 314. Australia (NSW); Australia
(Qld).
TERATOMYZA Malloch, 1933e: 113. Type species: Teratomyza
neozelandica Malloch, 1933, orig. des.
VITILA McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 321 (as Teratomyza subgenus). Type species: Teratomyza
undulata McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994, orig. des.
neozelandica Malloch, 1933e: 114. NZ (NZ).
pappi McAlpine, 2012: 302. Australia (Qld).
smithersi McAlpine, 2012: 300. Australia (Qld).
undulata McAlpine & Keyzer, 1994: 321. Australia (NSW); Australia
(Qld, Tas, Vic).
TERATOPTERA Malloch, 1933j: 387 (Teratomyza subg.). Type
species: Teratomyza chilensis Malloch, 1933, orig. des.
Undescribed sp.--Australia (NSW) (Shuter & McAlpine, 1985: 26).
This page last revised 7 December 2012