First record of the subfamily Archinemestriinae in the family Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zhang, Qingqing; Zhang, Junfeng; Wang, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.005

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“…Fossil tangle-veined flies are quite abundant since Mesozoic, many nemestrinids were found in Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, and some Cenozoic nemestrinids were described, mainly from the Oligocene of Florissant, USA. Ansorge and Mostovski (2000) listed an updated list of all taxa of Nemestrinidae, and additional taxa have been described from the Eocene of Germany ( Wedmann, 2007 ), mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber ( Grimaldi, 2016 ; Zhang et al, 2017 ), and a doubtable genus without diagonal vein from the Late Jurassic of China ( Zhang et al, 2008 ). The oldest fossil nemestrinids are from the Late Jurassic of Karabastau, Kazakhstan ( Rohdendorf, 1968 ; Mostovski, 1998 ).…”

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Evolution of Lower Brachyceran Flies (Diptera) and Their Adaptive Radiation with Angiosperms

Zhang

Wang

2017

Front. Plant Sci.

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The Diptera (true flies) is one of the most species-abundant orders of Insecta, and it is also among the most important flower-visiting insects. Dipteran fossils are abundant in the Mesozoic, especially in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Here, we review the fossil record and early evolution of some Mesozoic lower brachyceran flies together with new records in Burmese amber, including Tabanidae, Nemestrinidae, Bombyliidae, Eremochaetidae, and Zhangsolvidae. The fossil records reveal that some flower-visiting groups had diversified during the mid-Cretaceous, consistent with the rise of angiosperms to widespread floristic dominance. These brachyceran groups played an important role in the origin of co-evolutionary relationships with basal angiosperms. Moreover, the rise of angiosperms not only improved the diversity of flower-visiting flies, but also advanced the turnover and evolution of other specialized flies.

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