COELOPIDAE
(kelp or wrack flies)

COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Underwood, R. 2 Keys to the Family Coelopidae (and part Sepsidae and part Helcomyzidae)

COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies):

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