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The family Acartophthalmidae consists of the single Holarctic genus Acartophthalmus Czerny, which includes four species. The fossil genus Acartophthalmites is only tentatively allied, and likely belongs elsewhere. Higher-level placement of the genus has been varied, but it is likely that Brake (2000), Buck (2006) and Griffiths (1972) were correct in considering it related to the families in McAlpine's (1989) Carnoidea. Species are all small and greyish and associated with rotting fungi and carrion in damp woodlands (Chandler 1982, McAlpine 1987, Papp & Ozerov 1998). Adults have also been collected on dung, sap (Greve 1988, Máca & Rohácek 1983) and flowers, and have been reared from decaying meat (Papp & Ozerov 1998). The genus was last treated by Nilsson (2009),and a website treating the family, including a species key and notes on behaviour and relationships, is available at the Tree of Life website. Ozerov (1987) last revised Acartophthalmus.