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
Genera
  • Hilarimorpha
  • Hilarimorphites

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[]

  • H. abuta Webb, 1974
  • H. bumulla Webb, 1974
  • H. californica Webb, 1974
  • H. clavata Webb, 1974
  • H. cunata Webb, 1974
  • H. desta Webb, 1974
  • H. ditissa Webb, 1975
  • H. kena Webb, 1974
  • H. lamara Webb, 1974
  • H. lantha Webb, 1974
  • H. loisae Webb, 1974
  • H. mandana Webb, 1974
  • H. mentata Webb, 1974
  • H. mikii Williston, 1888
  • H. modesta Webb, 1974
  • H. obscura Bigot, 1887
  • H. parva Webb, 1974
  • H. pitans Webb, 1974
  • H. punata Webb, 1974
  • H. pusilla Johnson, 1923
  • H. reparta Webb, 1974
  • H. rivara Webb, 1975
  • H. robertsoni Webb, 1974
  • H. sidora Webb, 1974
  • H. singularis Webb, 1974
  • H. stena Webb, 1974
  • H. tempa Webb, 1974
  • Genus Hilarimorphites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 — extinct, known from Cretaceous amber of New Jersey[3] and Myanmar.[4]
  • H. burmanica Grimaldi & Cumming, 2011
  • H. cummingi Grimaldi, 2016
  • H. longimedia Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • H. setosa Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • H. superba Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • H. yeatesi Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

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. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "†Hilarimorphites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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