Cremifaniidae
| Cremifaniidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Lauxanioidea |
| Family: | Cremifaniidae McAlpine, 1963[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Cremifania | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b McAlpine, J. F. (1963). "Relationships of Cremifania Czerny (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and description of a new species". Canadian Entomologist. 95 (3): 239–253.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
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