Nemestrinidae

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Nemestrinidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Present
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Hirmoneura obscura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Clade: Aparaglossata
Superorder: Panorpida
(unranked): Antliophora
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Family: Nemestrinidae
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
Subfamilies
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Moegistorhynchus longirostris
Neorhynchocephalus tauscheri (10) and Hirmoneura obscura (11) in Europaischen Zweiflugeligen EuropaischenZweiflugeligen1790TafCCLII.jpg
Neorhynchocephalus tauscheri (10) and Hirmoneura obscura (11) in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen

Nemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae.

Contents

Larvae are endoparasitoids of either grasshoppers (Trichopsideinae) or scarab beetles (Hirmoneurinae). [1] Some are considered important in the control of grasshopper populations. [1] Adults are often observed on flowers. [1]

Distribution

The family is small but distributed worldwide, with about 300 species in 34 genera. Nemestrinidae are most diverse in the southern hemisphere, and only six species in three genera occur in the Nearctic region. [1]

Genera

Data sources: i = ITIS, [2] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

Fossil history

Fossils of Nemestrinidae are known from several localities of various ages in Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Western Europe and North America, with the oldest described fossils being in the Middle-Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan and Daohugou Bed of China. [6] [7] [8] Undescribed remains are known from the Upper Liassic of Germany.

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References

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  7. Ansorge, J., Mostovski, M.B. 2000. Redescription of Prohirmoneura jurassica Handlirsch 1906 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) from the Lower Tithonian lithographic limestone of Eichstaett. N. Jb. Geol. Palaeont. Mh.4: 235-243.
  8. Wedmann, S. 2007. A nemestrinid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Nemestrinidae: cf. Hirmoneura) from the Eocene Messel pit (Germany). Journal of Paleontology81 (5): 1114-1117.