Survey of the families Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Odoniidae, Periscelididae, and Trichoceridae (Insecta: Diptera)

Abstract

The families of Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Odoniidae, and Periscelididae of the Opomyzoidea are rare in nature and, therefore, little represented in collections. However, perhaps this rarity is because its natural history is little known and the appropriate collection methods have not yet been defined. Still, there are records of a considerable number of individuals from this group being captured. Trichoceridae, is a small family of insects in the order Diptera, the only one in the superfamily Trichoceroidea (Nematocera: Tipulomorpha). Apart from Trichoceridae, very few insects appear in adult form during the winter months. They are usually seen in the fall or early spring and can be seen on mild winter days. The objective of this manuscript is to carry out an inventory of the families Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Odoniidae, Periscelididae, and Trichoceridae. In summary, the following analysis steps were taken: · Exhaustive reading of each article aiming for a global understanding and discovery of the approach used by its authors; · Identification of the central ideas of each article; · Classification of ideas around meaning cores; · Comparison between the different meaning cores present in the articles studied; · Classification of the meaning cores into broader axes (themes) around which the authors' discussions revolved and · Writing interpretative summaries of each theme. After analyzing the contents of the articles, we sought to establish a dialogue between the themes found and the literature that served as the basis for introducing the present study.