Coelopidae

Seaweed or kelp flies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Sciomyzoidea
Family:	Coelopidae; Hendel, 1910
Type genus
	Coelopa; Meigen, 1830
Synonyms
	Phycodromidae Loew, 1861; Phycodromiinae Lameere ,1906; Phycodromiidae Lundstrom & Frey, 1913; Malacomyiidae Czerny, 1909;

The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies (order Diptera), they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, although both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is found in temperate areas, with species occurring in the southern Afrotropical, Holarctic, and Australasian (which has the most species) regions.

^ Hendel, Friedrich Georg (1910). "Über acalyptrate Musciden". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 29: 101–127. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[Hendel1910-1] Hendel, Friedrich Georg (1910). "Über acalyptrate Musciden". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 29: 101–127. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

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