Cremifaniidae

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: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Lauxanioidea

Familia: Cremifaniidae
Genera (1): Cremifania
References

Papp, L. 2010: A new Cremifania species from Bulgaria (Diptera, Cremifaniidae), with a proposal for wing venation terms in higher Diptera. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 102: 193–204. PDF

The Cremifaniidae are a very small family of acalyptrate flies with only 4 described species worldwide. All species are considered rare, and nothing is known of their life history. They were formerly placed in the family Chamaemyiidae.[2]
Classification

There is only one genus in the family.

genus Cremifania Czerny, 1904[3]

C. bulgarica Papp, 2010[2]
C. lanceolata Papp, 1994[4]
C. nearctica McAlpine, 1963[1]
C. nigrocellulata Czerny, 1904[3]

References

McAlpine, J. F. (1963). "Relationships of Cremifania Czerny (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and description of a new species". Canadian Entomologist. 95 (3): 239–253.
Papp, László (2010). "A new Cremifania species from Bulgaria (Diptera, Cremifaniidae), with a proposal for wing venation terms in higher Diptera" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 102: 193–204. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
Czerny, Leander (1904). "Cremifania nigrocellulata, eine neue Ochthiphiline. Systematische Stel - lung und Gattung-Diagnose der Ochthiphilinen". Wiener entomologische Zeitung. 23: 167–170. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
Papp, László (1994). "A new Cremifania species from Hungary (Diptera, Chamaemyiidae)". Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici: 105–107.