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Diptera Classification
Carnidae Newman, 1834
Nomenclature
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Unranked: AcalyptrataeSuperfamily: Carnoidea
Family:
Carnidae Newman, 1834
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
Carnus Nitzsch, 1818
SUMMARY
Small more or less shining black flies, 1-3 mm long, with two lateroclinate upper and two medioclinate lower fronto-orbital setae. Prementum short and bulbous, followed by short and rather inconspicuous labella. C with both humeral and subcostal breaks. Anepisternum with one or more setae.