TY - JOUR T1 - Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar JF - Systematic Entomology Y1 - 2006 DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00326.x A1 - Amorim, Dalton de Sousa A1 - Grimaldi, David SP - 508 EP - 516 L2 - 23920 L3 - 24040 VL - 31 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim+&+Grimaldi+2006+-+Valeseguyidae.pdf CP - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Mesozoic family Archizelmiridae (Diptera: Insecta) JF - Journal of Paleontology Y1 - 2003 A1 - Grimaldi, David A1 - Amorim, Dalton de Sousa A1 - Vladimir A. Blagoderov SP - 368 EP - 381 KW - Archimelzira ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov KW - Archimelzira americana ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov KW - Archizelmira Rohdendorf 1962 KW - CRETACEOUS KW - Described from amber KW - New Jersey KW - Of family Archizelmiridae KW - p. 373 KW - Type species Archimelzira americana AB - A 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. L2 - 23896 L3 - 26501 VL - 77 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Grimaldi_et_al_2003_Archizelmiridae.pdf N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingMarch ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae JF - American Museum Novitates Y1 - 2004 A1 - Vladimir A. Blagoderov A1 - Grimaldi, David SP - 1 EP - 76 KW - CRETACEOUS KW - Described from amber KW - Of superfamily Sciaroidea KW - p. 9 KW - Russia KW - Thereotricha ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov KW - Thereotricha sibirica ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov KW - Thereotricha? agapa ( Nematocera ) : S KW - Type species Thereotricha sibirica AB - The 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. L2 - 23885 L3 - 45508 VL - 3433 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Blagoderov_Grimaldi_2004_Fossil_sciaroidea_gen_n.pdf N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingFebruary 27 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A new genus of Lygistorrhinidae from Vietnam (Diptera: Sciaroidea), and phylogenetic relationships in the family JF - Studia Dipterologica Y1 - 2001 A1 - Grimaldi, David A1 - Vladimir A. Blagoderov SP - 43 EP - 57 KW - Diptera- KW - Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates- KW - Lygistorrhinidae- : Nematocera- L2 - 22122 L3 - 45514 VL - 8 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Grimaldi_&_Blagoderov_2001_Lygistorrhinidae_sp_n.pdf N1 - Article; PrintEnglish ER -