Rangomaraminae

Rangomaraminae
Systematics
Order : Fly (Diptera) Subordination : Mosquitoes (Nematocera) Partial order : Bibionomorpha Superfamily : Sciaroidea Family : Long-winged mushroom gnats (Rangomaramidae) Subfamily : Rangomaraminae
Scientific name
Rangomaraminae
Jaschof & Didham , 2002

Veining of the wing of Rangomarama . C: costa; Sc: subcosta; R: radius; M: media; Cu: cubitus; A: Anal vein

The Rangomaraminae are a subfamily of the long-winged mushroom mosquito family . They only occur in New Zealand .

features

The wing veins are reduced in the Rangomaraminae. As with the gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) and the other subfamilies of the long-winged mushroom midges, the spurs of the tibia are reduced.

distribution

The Rangomaraminae are endemic to New Zealand . This speaks for an origin on the former southern continent Gondwana , which broke up around 150 million years ago. The few species indicate a relic occurrence that developed in a geographically limited area for a long time.

Systematics

The subfamily Rangomaramidae consists of the five species of the only genus Rangomarama :

• Rangomarama edwardsi
• Rangomarama humboldti
• Rangomarama leopoldinae
• Rangomarama matilei
• Rangomarama tonnoiri

literature

• Mathias Jaschof & Raphael K. Didham: Rangomaramidae fam. nov. from New Zealand and implications for the phylogeny of the Sciaroidea (Diptera: Bibionomorpha). Studia dipterologia, Supplement 11, September 2002 ISBN 3-932795-16-4 (first description of the family)