Rhagionemestriidae

Rhagionemestriidae Temporal range: Callovian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Nemestrinoidea
Family:	†Rhagionemestriidae Ussatchov 1968
Genera
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Rhagionemestriidae is an extinct family of brachyceran flies known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It was first named as a subfamily of the Nemestrinidae by Ussatchov (1968), and was raised to full family status by Nagatomi and Yang (1998).[1] They are considered to be closely related to the family Acroceridae. Similar to Acroceridae, members of the family possess a large hemispherical head, with eyes covering nearly all of the area.

Taxonomy

• †Cretinemestrinus Zhang et al. 2020[2]
  • †Cretinemestrinus euremus Grimaldi 2016[3] (formerly Jurassinemestrinus eurema) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Burminemestrinus Zhang et al. 2020[2]
  • †Burminemestrinus qiyani Zhang et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Iberomosca Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000[4]
  • †Iberomosca kakoeima Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian
  • †Iberomosca ponomarenkoi Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• †Jurassinemestrinus Zhang 2010[5]
  • †Jurassinemestrinus orientalis Zhang 2010 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• †Nagatomukha Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000[4]
  • †Nagatomukha karabas Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
• †Rhagionemestrius Ussatchov 1968[6]
  • †Rhagionemestrius rapidus Ussatchov 1968 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
• †Sinomusca Nel 2010[7]
  • †Sinomusca mostovskii Nel 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †Viriosinemestrius Zhang et al. 2020[2]
  • †Viriosinemestrius mai Zhang et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. A. Nagatomi and D. Yang. 1998. A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera, Orthorrhapha). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 134:95-192
2. Zhang, Qingqing; Zhang, Junfeng; Wang, Bo (June 2020). "New bizarre flies from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera, Rhagionemestriidae)". Cretaceous Research. 110: 104347. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104347. S2CID 212969102.
3. D. A. Grimaldi. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408:1-131
4. M. B. Mostovski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. New Nemestrinoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous of Eurasia, taxonomy, and palaeobiology. Entomological Problems 31(2):137-148
5. Zhang, Jun Feng (March 2010). "Records of bizarre Jurassic brachycerans in the Daohugou biota, China (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Rhagionemestriidae)". Palaeontology. 53 (2): 307–317. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00934.x.
6. D. A. Ussatchov. 1968. New Jurassic Asilomorpha (Diptera) in Karatau. Entomological Review 47:617-628
7. Nel, André (2010-10-14). "A new Mesozoic-aged rhagionemestriid fly (Diptera: Nemestrinoidea) from China". Zootaxa. 2645 (1): 49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2645.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.