Apsilocephalidae
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Superfamily: | Asiloidea |
Family: | Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al., 1991 |
The Apsilocephalidae comprise a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. The family was proposed in 1991.
The Apsilocephalidae are close relatives (sister group) of Therevidae distinguishable by genitalic characters. Three genera are extant and two are fossil.
Therevoid clade
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References
- 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
Data related to Apsilocephalidae at Wikispecies
- TOL
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