Archizelmiridae

Extinct family of flies

Archizelmiridae is an extinct family of flies, known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It belongs to the Sciaroidea, and has suggested to have a close relationship with Sciaridae.^[1]

Genera

• †Archimelzira Grimaldi et al. 2003 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
• †Archizelmira Rohdendorf 1962 Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• †Burmazelmira Grimaldi et al. 2003 Spanish amber, Escucha Formation, Early Cretaceous (Albian), Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Zelmiarcha Grimaldi et al. 2003 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

References

1. Arillo, Antonio; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Peñalver, Enrique (June 2018). "Early Cretaceous parasitism in amber: A new species of Burmazelmira fly (Diptera: Archizelmiridae) parasitized by a Leptus sp. mite (Acari, Erythraeidae)". Cretaceous Research. 86: 24–32. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.006. hdl:10261/277243. ISSN 0195-6671.