Apsilocephalidae

Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. It was historically treated as a subfamily within Therevidae, but placed in a separate family in 1991, and subsequently recognized as more distantly related. The family contains three extant genera and at least five extinct genera described from the fossil record.

Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. It was historically treated as a subfamily within Therevidae, but placed in a separate family in 1991, and subsequently recognized as more distantly related. The family contains three extant genera and at least five extinct genera described from the fossil record. ==Genera== These six genera belong to the family Apsilocephalidae: Apsilocephala Kröber, 1914 †Burmapsilocephala Gaimari & Mostovski, 2000 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber) Clesthentia White, 1915 Clesthentiella Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991 †Irwinimyia Zhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber) †Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008 †Kumaromyia Grimaldi & Hauser, 2011 †Myanmarpsilocephala Zhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber) The Burmese amber genus Kuhwahldyia described in 2019 is suggested to be a relative of the family. ==References== 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. ==External links== TOL

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