Burmacyrtus

Burmacyrtus; Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae (?)
Genus:	†Burmacyrtus; Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011
Species:	†B. rusmithi
Binomial name
	†Burmacyrtus rusmithi; Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011

Burmacyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies of uncertain placement. The genus is known from Upper Cretaceous fossils in amber from Myanmar. It contains only one species, Burmacyrtus rusmithi.^[1]

The genus was originally placed in the family Acroceridae, though was later reassessed and considered not to be an acrocerid.^[2] Instead, it could possibly be a stem group acrocerid or placed in Heterodactyla.^[3]

The generic name is a combination of "Burma" (another name for Myanmar) and , an extant genus. The species is named in honor of R.D.A. Ru Smith, who donated the holotype to the AMNH from his personal collection.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Grimaldi, DA; Arillo, A; Cumming, JM; Hauser, M (2011). "Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa". ZooKeys (148): 293–332. doi:10.3897/zookeys.148.1809. PMC 3264415. PMID 22287902.
^ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. S2CID 90493326.
^ Winterton, Shaun L.; Gillung, Jéssica P. (2012). "A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae)". ZooKeys (171): 1–15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.171.2137. PMC 3288680. PMID 22423193.

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[grimaldi2011-1] Grimaldi, DA; Arillo, A; Cumming, JM; Hauser, M (2011). "Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa". ZooKeys (148): 293–332. doi:10.3897/zookeys.148.1809. PMC 3264415. PMID 22287902.

[GillungWinterton2017-2] Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. S2CID 90493326.

[Winterton2012-3] Winterton, Shaun L.; Gillung, Jéssica P. (2012). "A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae)". ZooKeys (171): 1–15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.171.2137. PMC 3288680. PMID 22423193.

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