02199nas a2200253   4500008004100000245005900041210005200100300001200152490000700164520134600171653004201517653005101559653003301610653001501643653002501658653001501683653003001698653001101728653004001739100002001779700002901799700002901828856008801857       2003                        eng d00aThe Mesozoic family Archizelmiridae (Diptera: Insecta)0 aMesozoic family Archizelmiridae Diptera Insecta  a368-3810 v773 aA nematocerous fly family known previously only from one species and specimen from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan, Archizelmiridae is expanded here to include additional records preserved as compression fossils and ones in amber. The compressions are from the Upper Jurassic of Shar-Teg, Mongolia and Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikal, with a new species, Archizelmira baissa, from Baissa. Particularly significant are three finely preserved new species and genera in ambers from the Cretaceous Period: Zelmiarcha lebanensis (Lebanon: Lower Aptian), Archimelzira americana (New Jersey: Turonian), and Burmazelmira aristica (Burma [Myanmar]: mid-Cretaceous). The latter two species interestingly possess stylate antennae, those of Burmazelmira being the only aristate antennae in the order Diptera outside the suborder Brachycera. A cladogram is presented for the relationships among archizelmirid species, cladistic rank of which correlates with stratigraphic age. Transformation series of the antennal flagellum in Archizelmiridae corresponds with one recently hypothesized for the Brachycera, wherein the style and arista are derived from the apical flagellomere(s). The family appears to be a member of the extant group Sciaroidea, which includes fungus gnats and gall midges, though precise relationships remain unclear.10aArchimelzira ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov10aArchimelzira americana ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov10aArchizelmira Rohdendorf 196210aCRETACEOUS10aDescribed from amber10aNew Jersey10aOf family Archizelmiridae10ap. 37310aType species Archimelzira americana1 aGrimaldi, David1 aAmorim, Dalton, de Sousa1 aBlagoderov, Vladimir, A.  uhttp://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Grimaldi_et_al_2003_Archizelmiridae.pdf03320nas a2200241   4500008004100000245011000041210006900151300000900220490000900229520242600238653001502664653002502679653003002704653000902734653001102743653004202754653005002796653004302846653003902889100002902928700002002957856010102977       2004                        eng d00aFossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae0 aFossil Sciaroidea Diptera in Cretaceous ambers exclusive of Ceci  a1-760 v34333 aThe Recent world fauna of Sciaroidea, or fungus gnats, comprises approximately 4000 described species in eight families: Bolitophilidae, Cecidomyiidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhinidae, Mycetophilidae, and Sciaridae. Larvae live primarily in decaying vegetation, feeding on fungal mycelia, and they can be among the most abundant insects of temperate forests. Stem-group families appeared in the Jurassic, with large Tertiary deposits being composed almost entirely of living genera, so the Cretaceous is essential for understanding the origins and diversification of Recent families. Sixty-six specimens were studied from six major deposits of Cretaceous amber, spanning 40 million years from the Early to Late Cretaceous: Lebanon (ca. 125 Ma), northern Spain (120 Ma), northern Myanmar (Burma) (ca. 105 Ma), northern Siberia (two sites, 105 and 87 Ma), New Jersey (90 Ma), and western Canada (80 Ma). New taxa are the following: Docidiadia burmitica (n.gen., n.sp.) (Diadocidiidae); Thereotricha sibirica, (?)T. agapa (n.gen., n.spp.) (Sciaroidea incertae sedis); Archaeognoriste primitiva, Lebanognoriste prima, Plesiognoriste carpenteri, P. zherikhini, Protognoriste amplicauda, P. goeleti, P. nascifoa, Leptognoriste davisi, L. microstoma (n.gen., n.spp.) (Lygistorrhinidae). In Mycetophilidae sensu stricto: Alavamanota burmitina, n.sp. (Manotinae), Neuratelia maimecha, n.sp., Allocotocera burmitica, n.sp., Pseudomanota perplexa, n.gen., n.sp. (Sciophilinae Sciophilini); Apolephthisa bulunensis, n.sp., Synapha longistyla, n.sp., Dziedzickia nashi, n.sp., Saigusaia pikei, n.sp., Syntemna fissurata, n.sp., Gregikia pallida, n.gen., n.sp., Gaalomyia carolinae, n.gen., n.sp. (Sciophilinae Gnoristini); Nedocosia exsanguis, N. sibirica, N. canadensis, N. novacaesarea, n.gen., n.spp.; Ectrepesthoneura succinimontana, E. swolenskyi, n.spp.; Izleiina mirifica, I. spinitibialis, n.gen., n.spp.; Zeliina orientalis, Z. occidentalis, n.gen., n.spp.; Temaleia birmitica, n.gen., n.sp., Lecadonileia parvistyla, n.gen., n.sp.; Disparoleia cristata, n.gen., n.sp.; Hemolia matilei, H. glabra, n.gen., n.spp.; and Protragoneura platycera, n.sp. (Sciophilinae Leiini). Relationships of the fossil genera are phylogenetically assessed with living genera. The Burmese amber fauna contains an inordinate abundance and diversity of sciaroids, perhaps because of a wetter paleoclimate in that region.10aCRETACEOUS10aDescribed from amber10aOf superfamily Sciaroidea10ap. 910aRussia10aThereotricha ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov10aThereotricha sibirica ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov10aThereotricha? agapa ( Nematocera ) : S10aType species Thereotricha sibirica1 aBlagoderov, Vladimir, A.1 aGrimaldi, David  uhttp://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Blagoderov_Grimaldi_2004_Fossil_sciaroidea_gen_n.pdf00572nas a2200121   4500008004100000245012200041210006900163300002000232653001500252653003400267100002900301856012000330       1998                        eng d00aFungus gnats of the tribes Gnoristini and Leiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia0 aFungus gnats of the tribes Gnoristini and Leiini Diptera Mycetop  a58-62, illustr.10aCRETACEOUS10aMYCETOPHILIDAE; Transbaikalia1 aBlagoderov, Vladimir, A.  uhttp://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1996_Gnoristini_Leini_Cretaceous_Transbaikalia_F%7E1.pdf