Ironomyiidae

Ironomyiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Aschiza
Superfamily: Platypezoidea
Family: Ironomyiidae
McAlpine & Martin, 1966
Type species
Ironomyia nigromaculata
White, 1916 [1]

Ironomyiidae or ironic flies , are a small family of insects of the order Diptera. Historically they have been included in the family Platypezidae. It includes only 3 living species, and a number extinct fossil species.

Living Species

References

  1. ^ a b White, Adam (1916). "The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part III. Families Asilidae, Bombylidae, Empidae, Dolichopodidae & Phoridae" (Print). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (Tasmania: Royal Society of Tasmania) 217: 148–266. 
  2. ^ a b McAlpine, D.K. (2008). "New extant species of ironic flies (Diptera: Ironomyiidae) with notes on ironomyiid morphology and relationships" (Print). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (New South Wales: The Linnean Society of New South Wales) 129: 17–38. 

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