Ironomyiidae

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: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Phoroidea

Familia: Ironomyiidae
Subfamiliae (1 + 1†): Ironomyiinae - †Sinolestinae
Overview of genera (1 + 5†)

Ironomyia – †Cretonomyia – †Eridomyia – †Hermaeomyia – †Palaeopetia – ?†Lebambromyia
Name

Ironomyiidae McAlpine & Martin, 1966
References

Disney, R.H.L. 1988: Unusual costal chaetotaxy in the phylogenetically interesting Ironomyiidae and Sciadoceridae (Diptera). Annales entomologici fennici, 54: 19–20. [not seen]
McAlpine, D.K. 2008. New extant species of ironic flies (Diptera: Ironomyiidae) with notes on ironomyiid morphology and relationships. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 129: 17–38. BHL Reference page.
McAlpine, J.F. & Martin, J.E.H. 1966. Systematics of the Sciadoceridae and relatives with descriptions of two new genera and species from canadian amber and erection of family Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoroidea). The Canadian Entomologist 98(5): 527–544. DOI: 10.4039/Ent98527-5 Paywall. Reference page.
Mostovski, M.B. 1995: [New taxa of Ironomyiidae (Diptera, Phoromorpha) from the Cretaceous of Siberia and Mongolia]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, (4): 86–103. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 30: 318–331]

Links

Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Ironomyiidae. Version 29 November 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Ironomyiidae is a small family of flies in the order Diptera. Historically, they had been included in the family Platypezidae, and includes three extant species within the single extant genus Ironomyia endemic to Australia and a number of extinct fossil genera from North America and Asia extending back to the Early Cretaceous.
Genera

Ironomyia White, 1916
Ironomyia francisi McAlpine, 2008[2]
Ironomyia nigromaculata White, 1916[1]
Ironomyia whitei McAlpine, 2008[2]
†Cretonomyia McAlpine 1973 Canadian amber, Campanian
†Proironia Grimaldi 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Eridomyia Mostovski 1995 Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
†Hermaeomyia Mostovski 1995 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
†Palaeopetia Zhang 1987 Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
†Macalpinomyia Li and Yeates 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

White, Adam (1916). "The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part III. Families Asilidae, Bombylidae, Empidae, Dolichopodidae & Phoridae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (Print). Tasmania: Royal Society of Tasmania. 217: 148–266. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.28993.
McAlpine, D.K. (2008). "New extant species of ironic flies (Diptera: Ironomyiidae) with notes on ironomyiid morphology and relationships". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Print). New South Wales: The Linnean Society of New South Wales. 129: 17–38.