AULACIGASTRIDAE

Ebejer, Martin J. & Nicolosi, Giuseppe, 2022, New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 101-104 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/766
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8169198
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5879C-BC3B-FFE5-7AF3-F964FD15F874
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	AULACIGASTRIDAE
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This family, known from the north of Italy, has a few species in all zoogeographic regions. Only three are found in Europe and all are associated with woodland, particularly forests of Quercus where the larvae develop in exuding sap from the tree trunks. These flies are also occasionally attracted to carrion. Carles-Tolrá & Garcia Rojo (2015) collected three species in Spain using beef liver.