Strongylophthalmyiidae is a small family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of about 45 species of slender, long-legged flies

Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...

. The majority of these occurring the Oriental and Australasian Regions. They are divided into two genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

, the monotypic Southeast Asian genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993 and Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902. The relationships of the group are obscure; formerly the genus Strongylophthalmyia was classified with the Psilidae

Psilidae

Psilidae is family of two-winged flies. Commonly called the rust flies, there are at least 38 species in 4 genera. The Carrot fly is a member of this group.-Family Description:...

, and some recent classifications place it within the Tanypezidae

Tanypezidae

Tanypezidae is a small family of medium-sized true flies found in the Nearctic Palaearctic and Neotropic zoogeographic regions. Some species have luminous silver or gold coloration.-Taxonomy:...

. Little is known of their biology, but many species seem to be associated with rotting bark.

Species

• Genus Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902
• S. angustipennis Melander
  Axel Leonard Melander
  Axel Leonard Melander was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera.His collection is shared between the German Entomological Institute and the Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C-External links:*...
  
  , 1920
• S. brunneipennis (De Meijere, 1914)
• S. caliginosa Iwasa, 1992
• S. coarctata Hendel
  Friedrich Georg Hendel
  Friedrich Georg Hendel was an Austrian Hauptsschuldirektor and entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He described very many new species and made important contributions to the higher taxonomy of the Diptera.He was born in Vienna and died in Baden bei Wien...
  
  , 1913
• S. crinita Hennig
  Willi Hennig
  Emil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known as cladistics. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings...
  
  , 1940
• S. dorsocentralis Papp, 2006
• S. freidbergi Shatalkin, 1996
• S. gibbifera Shatalkin, 1993
• S. lutea (De Meijere, 1914)
• S. macrocera Papp, 2006
• S. metatarsata De Meijere, 1919
• S. nigricoxa (De Meijere, 1914)
• S. palpalis Papp, 2006
• S. pectinigera Shatalkin, 1996
• S. pengellyi Barber, 2006
• S. pictipes Frey
  Heinrich Frey
  Heinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
  
   1935
• S. polita (De Meijere, 1914)
• S. punctata Hennig
  Willi Hennig
  Emil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known as cladistics. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings...
  
  , 1940
• S. thaii Papp, 2006
• S. ustulata (Zetterstedt
  Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
  Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
  
  , 1844)
• S. verrucifera Shatalkin, 1996
• Genus Nartshukia Shatalkin, 1993
• N. musiva Shatalkin, 1993