Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Top ten largest Diptera families?

Posted by proctoss on 08-10-2006 14:14
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Phoridae is champion!:)
B.Brown http://phorid.net/phoridae/phoridfaq.htm
"There are about 3,000 described species of phorids, but the actual number is much higher. Published estimates by Disney range from 20,000-50,000; my own work on New World phorids has shown that there is at least 10 times the described diversity out there (thus at least 30,000 species)."