Deuterophlebiidae

Deuterophlebia mirabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Deuterophlebiomorpha

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: Nematocera Infraordo: Deuterophlebiomorpha

Familia: Deuterophlebiidae
Genera: Deuterophlebia – †Cretodeuterophlebia – †Protodeuterophlebia

Name

Deuterophlebiidae Edwards, 1922: 380

Type genus: Deuterophlebia Edwards, 1922.

References

Primary references

• Edwards, F.W. 1922. Deuterophlebia miriabilis, gen. et sp.n., a remarkable dipterous insect from Kashmir. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9: 379–387. BHL.

Additional references

• Courtney, G.W. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of the Blephariceromorpha, with special reference to mountain midges (Diptera: Deuterophlebiidae). Systematic Entomology 16(2): 137–172. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00683.x .
• Krzemińska, E., Soszyńska, A., Kania-Kłosok, I., Skibińska, K., Kopeć, K., van de Kamp, T., Zhang, Q. & Krzemiński, W. 2024. First fossil mountain midges (Diptera, Deuterophlebiidae) and their evolutionary and ecological implication. Scientific Reports 14: 24864. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-75389-y . Reference page. 
• Schneeberg, K., Courtney, G.W. & Beutel, R.G. 2011. Adult head structures of Deuterophlebiidae (Insecta), a highly derived "ancestral" dipteran lineage. Arthropod Structure & Development 40(1): 93–104. DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.07.002 .

Vernacular names

English: mountain midges
日本語: アミカモドキ科
中文: 拟网蚋科

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