Heteromyzidae

McAlpine, DK, 2007, Review of the Borboroidini or Wombat Flies (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), with Reconsideration of the Status of Families Heleomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae, and Descriptions of Femoral Gland-baskets, Records of the Australian Museum 59, pp. 143-219 : 151

Delimitation of Heteromyzidae

I previously gave a “list of characters typical of the Heleomyzidae .” After further consideration of heteromyzid morphology and that of feasible outgroups, I am now prepared to hypothesize a set of groundplan conditions or character states for the Heteromyzidae , a taxon thought to approximate to a monophyletic group, though with some doubts as to its precise delimitation ( Table 1). With this groundplan set down, it becomes possible to test to some degree the likelihood of more derived taxa belonging within the family.