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{{Short description|Family of flies}}
Apsilocephalidae is a family of [[Diptera]] in the [[superfamily]] [[Asiloidea]].The family was proposed in 1991.
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| oldest_fossil = Cenomanian
| image = Apsilocephala_sp.tif
| image_caption = male specimen of ''[[Apsilocephala]]'', from Nevada, USA
| image2 = Apsilocephalidae wing veins.svg
| image2_caption = Apsilocephalidae wing venation
| taxon = Apsilocephalidae
| authority = Nagatomi ''et al.'', 1991
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = *see text
}}
'''Apsilocephalidae''' is a family of [[fly|flies]] in the [[superfamily (zoology)|superfamily]] [[Asiloidea]]. It was historically treated as a subfamily within [[Therevidae]], but placed in a separate family in 1991, and subsequently recognized as more distantly related. The family contains three extant genera and at least five extinct genera described from the fossil record.

==Genera==
These six genera belong to the family Apsilocephalidae:
* ''[[Apsilocephala]]'' <small>Kröber, 1914</small><ref name=itis>{{Cite web |title=ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System | url=https://www.itis.gov/ | access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref><ref name=catlife>{{Cite web |title=Browse Apsilocephalidae |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/093776d0962531f4189fae3dad588a00 |website=Catalogue of Life |access-date=2018-05-06 |archive-date=2021-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608075149/https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/093776d0962531f4189fae3dad588a00 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=gbif>{{Cite web |title=Apsilocephalidae |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3331 |website=GBIF |access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref><ref name=bugref>{{Cite web |title=Apsilocephalidae Family Information |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/179016 |website=BugGuide.net |access-date=2018-05-06}}</ref>
* †''[[Burmapsilocephala]]'' <small>Gaimari & Mostovski, 2000</small> ([[Cenomanian]], [[Burmese amber]])<ref name=gbif/>
* ''[[Clesthentia]]'' <small>White, 1915</small><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/>
* ''[[Clesthentiella]]'' <small>Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1991</small><ref name=gbif/>
* †''[[Irwinimyia]]'' <small>Zhang ''et al.'', 2018</small> (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)<ref name=Irwinimyia>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=Q. |last2=Li |first2=X. |last3=Xu |first3=B. |last4=Zhu |first4=Y. |last5=Lu |first5=R. |last6=Wang |first6=B. |last7=Yeates |first7=D. K. |year=2018 |title=Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=525–532 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026 |hdl=1885/139188 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* †''[[Kaurimyia]]'' <small>Winterton & Irwin, 2008</small><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/>
* †''[[Kumaromyia]]'' <small>Grimaldi & Hauser, 2011</small><ref name=gbif/>
* †''[[Myanmarpsilocephala]]'' <small>Zhang ''et al.'', 2018</small> (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)<ref name=Irwinimyia />

The Burmese amber genus ''[[Kuhwahldyia]]'' described in 2019 is suggested to be a relative of the family.<ref name=Cretarthropeina>{{cite journal |author1=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |author2=Jeffrey M. Cumming |year=2019 |title=New genera of brachyceran flies (Diptera: Xylomyidae and Apsilocephalidae sensu auctorum) from mid-Cretaceous Hukawng Valley Burmese amber |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=251–261 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.3.10 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Therevoid [[Cladistics|clade]]

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|label1=&nbsp;''Therevoid&nbsp;clade''&nbsp;
|1={{clade
|1=Apsilocephalidae
|2={{clade
|1=[[Evocoidae]]
|2={{clade
|1=[[Scenopinidae]]
|2= [[Therevidae]]
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}}
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}}


Apsilocephalidae are close relatives (sister group) of ''Therevidae''distinguishable by genetalic characters.There are thrre living and two fossil[[ species]].
==References==
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
*Apsilocephalidae, a new family of orthorrhaphous Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera). ''Zoological Sci''ence (Tokyo) 8(3) 1991:579-591.
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*Nagatomi, A., T. Saigusa, H. Nagatomi, L. Lyneborg. 1991. The systematic position of the Apsilocephalidae, Rhagionempididae, Protempididae, Hilarimorphidae, Vermileonidae and some genera of Bombyliidae (Insecta, Diptera). ''Zool. Science'' 8:593-607.
*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.
*The genitalia of the Apsilocephalidae (Diptera). ''Japanese Journal of Entomology''. 59. 409-423.
*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.


==External Links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.tolweb.org/Apsilocephalidae/23891 TOL]
*[http://www.tolweb.org/Apsilocephalidae/23891 TOL]
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[[Category:Brachycera families]]
[[Category:Asiloidea]]


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Latest revision as of 10:35, 5 September 2023

Apsilocephalidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
male specimen of Apsilocephala, from Nevada, USA
Apsilocephalidae wing venation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Asiloidea
Family: Apsilocephalidae
Nagatomi et al., 1991
Genera
  • see text

Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. It was historically treated as a subfamily within Therevidae, but placed in a separate family in 1991, and subsequently recognized as more distantly related. The family contains three extant genera and at least five extinct genera described from the fossil record.

Genera[edit]

These six genera belong to the family Apsilocephalidae:

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

Therevoid clade

 Therevoid clade 

Apsilocephalidae

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Browse Apsilocephalidae". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Apsilocephalidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "Apsilocephalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ 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.

External links[edit]