Kovalevisargidae Explained

The Brachyceran family Kovalevisargidae is an extinct group of flies known from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China and the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

• †Kerosargus Mostovski 1997
  • †Kerosargus argus Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • †Kerosargus sororius Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• †Kovalevisargus Mostovski 1997
  • †Kovalevisargus brachypterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • †Kovalevisargus clarigenus Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • †Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis Zhang 2014^[3] Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian/Oxfordian
  • †Kovalevisargus macropterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian

Notes and References

1. Mostovski. M. B. . 1997. On Knowledge of Fossil Flies of the Superfamily Achisargoidea (Diptera, Brachycera). Paleontological Journal. 31. 1. 72–78. Nauka.
2. Zhang. Junfeng. 2011. Three distinct but rare kovalevisargid flies from the Jurassic Daohugou biota, China (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Kovalevisargidae). Palaeontology. 54. 1. 163–170. The Palaeontological Association. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01010.x. 129619330. free.
3. Zhang. Junfeng. 2015-10-03. Archisargoid flies (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Kovalevisargidae) from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China, and the related biostratigraphical correlation and geological age. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. en. 13. 10. 857–881. 10.1080/14772019.2014.960902. 84512383 . 1477-2019.