Pallopteridae

PALLOPTERIDAE What is known of the biology of this family suggests that some species are phytophagous while others may be carnivorous or mycophagous. According to the checklist (Belcari et al. 1995), the species previously known from Sicily were Palloptera umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775) and P. usta (Meigen, 1826).Published as part of 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), pp. 101-104 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/766, http://zenodo.org/record/814805