Summary ²

The Curtotonidae or quasimodo flies are a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies (Diptera) with a worldwide distribution, but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian, and Palaearctic regions. Most members of the family are found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in Africa and the Neotropics. Many remain undescribed in collections, since little work on the family has been done since the 1930s.

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1. (c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtonotidae

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• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Systema Dipterorum

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