Rhagionemestriidae Explained

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
  • †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
  • †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
  • †Viriosinemestrius mai Zhang et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Notes and 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. en. 110. 104347. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104347. 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. en. 53. 2. 307–317. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00934.x. free.
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. 10.11646/zootaxa.2645.1.2. 1175-5334.