Kovalevisargidae

The Brachyceran family Kovalevisargidae is an extinct group of flies known from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China and the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.[1][2]

Kovalevisargidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Archisargoidea
Family: Kovalevisargidae
Mostovski, 1997
Genera
  • Kerosargus
  • Kovalevisargus

Taxonomy

  • Kerosargus Mostovski 1997
  • Kovalevisargus Mostovski 1997
    • Kovalevisargus brachypterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
    • Kovalevisargus clarigenus Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
    • Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis Zhang 2014[3] Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian/Oxfordian
    • Kovalevisargus macropterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian

References

  1. Mostovski, M. B. (1997). "On Knowledge of Fossil Flies of the Superfamily Achisargoidea (Diptera, Brachycera)". Paleontological Journal. Nauka. 31 (1): 72–78.
  2. Zhang, Junfeng (2011). "Three distinct but rare kovalevisargid flies from the Jurassic Daohugou biota, China (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Kovalevisargidae)". Palaeontology. The Palaeontological Association. 54 (1): 163–170. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01010.x. S2CID 129619330.
  3. Zhang, Junfeng (2015-10-03). "Archisargoid flies (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Kovalevisargidae) from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China, and the related biostratigraphical correlation and geological age". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (10): 857–881. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.960902. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 84512383.


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