Atelestinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Atelestidae
Subfamilia: Atelestinae
Genera (5-6): Acarteroptera – Alavesia – Atelestus – Meghyperus – †Atelestites – ?†Dianafranksia

Name

Atelestinae Hennig, 1970

References

• Grimaldi, D.A. & Cumming, J.M. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239: 1–124. hdl: 2246/1583 . Reference page. 
• Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. PDF A, PDF B. Reference page. 
• Sinclair, B.J.; Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2010: Alavesia Waters and Arillo–a Cretaceous-era genus discovered extant on the Brandberg Massif, Namibia (Diptera: Atelestidae). Systematic entomology, 35(2): 268–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00506.x PDF