Apsilocephalidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Apsilocephalidae
Genera (3 + 2†): Apsilocephala – Clesthentia – Kaurimyia – †Burmapsilocephala – ?†Kumaromyia

Name

Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al., 1991

Primary references

Nagatomi, A. et al. 1991: Apsilocephalidae, a new family of orthorrhaphous Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera). Zoological science, 8(3): 579–591. BHL

References

Nagatomi, A. et al. 1991: The systematic position of the Apsilocephalidae, Rhagionempididae, Protempididae, Hilarimorphidae, Vermileonidae and some genera of Bombyliidae (Insecta, Diptera). Zoological science, 8(3): 593–607. BHL

Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. The family was proposed in 1991 as a close relative (sister group) of Therevidae distinguishable by genitalic characters. The family contains three extant genera and four extinct genera described from the fossil record..
Genera

These six genera belong to the family Apsilocephalidae:

Apsilocephala Kröber, 1914[1][2][3][4]
†Burmapsilocephala Gaimari & Mostovski, 2000 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[3]
Clesthentia White, 1915[2][3]
Clesthentiella Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991[3]
†IrwinimyiaZhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[5]
†Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008[2][3]
Kumaromyia Grimaldi & Hauser, 2011[3]
†Myanmarpsilocephala Zhang et al., 2018 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[5]

The Burmese amber genus Kuhwahldyia described in 2019 is suggested to be a relative of the family.[6]

Therevoid clade

Therevoid clade	Apsilocephalidae       Evocoidae       Scenopinidae     Therevidae

 
 
References

"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
"Browse Apsilocephalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
"Apsilocephalidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
"Apsilocephalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
Zhang, Q.; Li, X.; Xu, B.; Zhu, Y.; Lu, R.; Wang, B.; Yeates, D. K. (2018). "Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 84: 525–532. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026. hdl:1885/139188.

Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer; Jeffrey M. Cumming (2019). "New genera of brachyceran flies (Diptera: Xylomyidae and Apsilocephalidae sensu auctorum) from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber". Palaeoentomology. 2 (3): 251–261. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.3.10.

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.