Corresponding author: Jere Kahanpää (
Academic editor: J. Salmela
A checklist of 29 species in the smaller carnoid families
Kahanpää J (2014) Checklist of the Diptera families Acartophthalmidae, Canacidae (including Tethinidae), Carnidae and Milichiidae of Finland (Insecta). In: Kahanpää J, Salmela J (Eds) Checklist of the Diptera of Finland. ZooKeys 441: 305–309. doi:
The superfamily
All four families are rather poorly studied in Finland. The presence of additional, even undescribed, species is very likely in
World catalogues have recently been published for
Number of species by family.
Family | Number of species in | Level of knowledge | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
World ( |
Europe | Finland | ||
|
5 | 3 | 3 | average |
|
322 | 38 | 1 | average |
|
93 ( |
39 | 13 | poor |
|
278 | 43 | 12–13 | average |