
 * What is the family Atelestidae?
 * Atelestidae Atelestidae is a family of true flies in the superfamily Empidoidea.
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The four genera were placed in a separate family in 1983; they were formerly either in Platypezidae (which are not even particularly closely related) or considered "incertae cedis".