[1] For terms see Morphology of Diptera Minute flies with grey or brown-grey body and, usually, maculate wings.

Adults of living forms have been found along margins of bogs, marshes, and the edges of moist woodlands.

Wayne N. Mathis & David A. Barraclough Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera.

Science Herald, Budapest World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Diastatidae (Diptera: Schizophora) Myia, 12:235–266 online here

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