| Chyromyidae | |
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| Gymnochiromyia flavella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Sphaeroceroidea |
| Family: | Chyromyidae Schiner, 1863 |
| Genera | |
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Chyromyidae are small to very small cyclorrhaphous, acalyptrate flies (Diptera) currently classified within the Heleomyzoidea by most authors. The majority have a pale yellow integument and bright iridescent green, red or purple eyes. The family is represented in all continents except Antarctica.[1][2][3][4] There are about 150 named species in this family worldwide. There has been no comprehensive taxonomic study to elucidate the generic limits of species in the family. Currently, only four genera are recognised, but ongoing studies of the African species indicate that there are more.[5][6][7]
- ^ Wheeler, T.A. & Sinclair, B.J. 1994. Chyromyidae (Diptera) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: three new species of Aphaniosoma Becker. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96 (3): 440–453.
- ^ Ebejer, M.J. 1996. Chyromyidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of twelve new species. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 280–299.
- ^ Ebejer, M.J. 1998. A new species of Gymnochiromyia Hendel (Diptera: Chyromyidae) from the Mediterranean, with notes, lectotype designations and a key to the species from the West Palaearctic. Studia dipterologica 5 (1): 19–29.
- ^ Ebejer, M.J., 1998. A review of the Palaearctic species of Aphaniosoma Becker (Diptera: Chyromyidae) with descriptions of new species and a key for the identification of adults. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 2, 45: 191–230.
- ^ Ebejer, M.J. 2000. Chyromyidae (Diptera: Heleomyzoidea). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Marais, E., eds, Dâures – Biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoir 9: 261–264.
- ^ Ebejer, M. J. (2008-06-01). "New Species of Gymnochiromyia Hendel, 1933 (Diptera: Schizophora: Chyromyidae) from Southern Africa". African Invertebrates. 49 (1): 77–108. doi:10.5733/afin.049.0102. ISSN 1681-5556.
- ^ Ebejer, Martin J. (2009-12-01). "A Revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (Excluding Gymnochiromyia Hendel) (Diptera: Schizophora), with the Recognition of Two Subfamilies and the Description of New Genera". African Invertebrates. 50 (2): 321–434. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0208. ISSN 1681-5556.