Hilarimorphidae

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Hilarimorphidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Family: Hilarimorphidae
Hendel and Beier, 1937

The Hilarimorphidae or hilarimorphid flies are a family of Diptera. They are of uncertain placement and may be related to the Acroceridae. Most species are Nearctic.[1][2]

Species

Genus Cretahilarimorpha Myskowiak, Azar & Nel, 2016

Genus Hilarimorpha Schiner, 1860

Genus Hilarimorphites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 — extinct, known from Cretaceous amber of New Jersey[4] and Myanmar.[5]

References

  1. ^ Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "Genitalia of Hilarimorpha (Diptera, Hilarimorphidae)". Japanese Journal of Entomology (in Japanese). Kagoshima. 50 (4): 544–548. ISSN 0915-5805.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Webb, D. W. (1974). "A revision of the genus Hilarimorpha (Diptera: Hilarimorphidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 47 (2): 172–222. JSTOR 25082639.
  3. ^ a b Webb, D.W. (1975). "New species of Hilarimorpha (Diptera: Hilarimorphidae)". Entomological News. 86: 80–84. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. ^ Grimaldi, D.I.; Cumming, J.M. (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 239: 1–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  5. ^ "†Hilarimorphites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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