Atelestidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Atelestidae
Subfamiliae (2): Atelestinae - Nemedininae
[source: Sinclair & Cumming (2006)]

Overview of genera (11-12)

Acarteroptera – Alavesia – Atelestus – Meghyperus – Nemedina – †Atelestites – †Cretodromia – †Dianafranksia – †Nemedromia – †Neoturonius – †Prolatomyia – ?†Phaetempis
[sources: Grimaldi & Cumming (1999), Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist, Sinclair & Kirk-Spriggs (2010)]

References

• Grimaldi, D.A.; Cumming, J.M. 1999: Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (239)
• Sinclair, B.J.; Cumming, J.M. 2006: The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa, 1180: 1-172. PDF A PDF B
• Sinclair, B.J.; Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2010: Alavesia Waters and Arillo–a Cretaceous-era genus discovered extant on the Brandberg Massif, Namibia (Diptera: Atelestidae). Systematic entomology, 35(2): 268-276. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00506.x PDF
• Yang, D.; Zhang, K.; Yao, G.; Zhang, J. 2007: World catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press. [not seen]