Apsilocephalidae

Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. The family was proposed in 1991 as a close relative (sister group) of Therevidae distinguishable by genitalic characters. The family contains three extant genera and four extinct genera described from the fossil record..

Apsilocephalidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Asiloidea
Family: Apsilocephalidae
Nagatomi et al., 1991
Genera
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Genera

These six genera belong to the family Apsilocephalidae:

  • Apsilocephala Kröber, 1914[1][2][3][4]
  • †Burmapsilocephala Gaimari & Mostovski, 2000 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[3]
  • Clesthentia White, 1915[2][3]
  • Clesthentiella Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991[3]
  • †IrwinimyiaZhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[5]
  • †Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008[2][3]
  • Kumaromyia Grimaldi & Hauser, 2011[3]
  • †Myanmarpsilocephala Zhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[5]

The Burmese amber genus Kuhwahldyia described in 2019 is suggested to be a relative of the family.[6]

Therevoid clade

 Therevoid clade 
 

Apsilocephalidae

 
 
 

Evocoidae

 
 
 

Scenopinidae

 
 

Therevidae

 
 
 
 

References
  1. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Browse Apsilocephalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Apsilocephalidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Apsilocephalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. Zhang, Q.; Li, X.; Xu, B.; Zhu, Y.; Lu, R.; Wang, B.; Yeates, D. K. (2018). "Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 84: 525–532. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026. hdl:1885/139188.
  6. Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer; Jeffrey M. Cumming (2019). "New genera of brachyceran flies (Diptera: Xylomyidae and Apsilocephalidae sensu auctorum) from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber". Palaeoentomology. 2 (3): 251–261. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.3.10.
  • Nagatomi, A.; Saigusa, Toyohei; Nagatomi, Hisako & Lyneborg, L. (1991): Apsilocephalidae, a new family of orthorrhaphous Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera). Zoological Science (Tokyo) 8(3): 579-591.
  • Nagatomi, A.; Saigusa, T.; Nagatomi, H. & Lyneborg, L.. 1991. The systematic position of the Apsilocephalidae, Rhagionempididae, Protempididae, Hilarimorphidae, Vermileonidae and some genera of Bombyliidae (Insecta, Diptera). Zool. Science 8:593-607.
  • The genitalia of the Apsilocephalidae (Diptera). Japanese Journal of Entomology. 59. 409-423.


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