Zhangsolvidae Explained

Zhangsolvidae is an extinct family of brachyceran flies known from the Cretaceous period. Members of the family possess a long proboscis, varying in length between 1.3 and 7 mm depending on the species, and were probably nectarivores. A specimen has been found with preserved Bennettitales pollen, suggesting that they acted as pollinators for extinct gymnosperms.^[1] They are considered to be members of the Stratiomyomorpha.

Taxonomy

• †Buccinatormyia Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015^[2]
  • †Buccinatormyia gangnami Khramov and Nam 2019^[3] Jinju Formation, South Korea, Albian
  • †Buccinatormyia magnifica Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015 Spanish amber, Albian
  • †Buccinatormyia soplaensis Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015 Spanish amber, Albian
• †Burmomyia Zhang and Wang 2019^[4]
  • †Burmomyia rossi Zhang and Wang 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cratomyia Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000^[5]
  • †Cratomyia cretacica (Wilkommen 2007)^[6] Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Cratomyia macrorrhyncha Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Cratomyia mimetica Grimaldi 2016^[7] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Cratomyia zhuoi Zhang and Wang 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Linguatormyia Grimaldi in Arillo et al. 2015
  • †Linguatormyia teletacta Grimaldi in Arillo et al. 2015 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Zhangsolva Nagatomi and Yang 1998^[8]
  • †Zhangsolva cupressa (Zhang et al. 1993)^[9] Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian
  • †Zhangsolva burmensis Zhang & Zhang, 2021^[10] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Notes and References

1. Peñalver. Enrique. Arillo. Antonio. Pérez-de la Fuente. Ricardo. Riccio. Mark L.. Delclòs. Xavier. Barrón. Eduardo. Grimaldi. David A.. July 2015. Long-Proboscid Flies as Pollinators of Cretaceous Gymnosperms. Current Biology. en. 25. 14. 1917–1923. 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.062. 26166781. 13022302. free.
2. Arillo. Antonio. Peñalver. Enrique. Pérez-De La Fuente. Ricardo. Delclòs. Xavier. Criscione. Julia. Barden. Phillip M.. Riccio. Mark L.. Grimaldi. David A.. January 2015. Long-proboscid brachyceran flies in Cretaceous amber (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha: Zhangsolvidae): Cretaceous brachyceran family Zhangsolvidae. Systematic Entomology. en. 40. 1. 242–267. 10.1111/syen.12106. 2445/59152. 82832797. free.
3. Khramov. Alexander V.. Nam. Gi-Soo. Vasilenko. Dmitry V.. 2020-01-02. First long-proboscid flies (Diptera: Zhangsolvidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. en. 44. 1. 160–168. 10.1080/03115518.2019.1664634. 213651448. 0311-5518.
4. Zhang. Qingqing. Chen. Keyu. Wang. Yating. Xue. Ruixuan. Jarzembowski. Edmund A.. Wang. Bo. June 2019. Long-proboscid zhangsolvid flies in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha). Cretaceous Research. en. 98. 18–25. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.019. free.
5. L. A. Mazzarolo and D. S. Amorim. 2000. Cratomyia macrorrhyncha, a Lower Cretaceous brachyceran fossil from the Santana Formation, Brazil, representing a new species, genus and family of the Stratiomyiomorpha (Diptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:91-102
6. J. Wilkommen. 2007. Taxonomic names, in Diptera: true flies, gnats, and crane flies. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 369-387
7. 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
8. 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
9. J. F. Zhang, S. Zhang, and L. Y. Li. 1993. Mesozoic gadflies (Insecta: Diptera). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32:662-672
10. Zhang. Qingqing. Zhang. Junfeng. 2021-12-07. New record of Zhangsolva Nagatomi & Yang, 1998 (Diptera, Zhangsolvidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and its implications. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. en. 521. 139–148 . 10.1144/SP521-2021-150. 245059011 . 0305-8719.