Anisopodidae

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Anisopodidae Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sylvicola fenestralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Bibionomorpha
Superfamily:	Anisopodoidea
Family:	Anisopodidae Knab, 1912
Genera
Carreraia Cretoseguya (extinct) Eoanisopodites (extinct) Hongocaloneura (extinct) Huaxiarhyphus Lobogaster Megarhyphus Mesobrachyopteryx (extinct) Mesorhyphus Mesochria Mycetobia Olbiogaster Pachyrhyphus Sinorhyphus Sylvicola Thiras Valeseguya
Synonyms
Phryneidae Rhyphidae Sylvicolidae

The Anisopodidae are a small cosmopolitan family of gnat-like flies known as wood gnats or window-gnats, with 154 described extant species in 15 genera, and several described fossil taxa. Some species are saprophagous or fungivorous. They are mostly small to medium-sized flies, except the genera Olbiogaster and Lobogaster, which are large with bizarrely spatulated abdomens. Their phylogenetic placement is controversial. They have been proposed to be the sister group to the higher flies, the Brachycera.^[1] Some authors consider this group to be four distinct families – Anisopodidae, Mycetobiidae, Olbiogastridae, and Valeseguyidae.^[2]