Biology:Cremifaniidae

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Cremifaniidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Lauxanioidea
Family: Cremifaniidae
McAlpine, 1963[1]
Type genus
Cremifania

The Cremifaniidae are a very small family of acalyptrate flies with only 4 described species worldwide. All species are considered rare, and nothing is known of their life history. They were formerly placed in the family Chamaemyiidae.[2]

Classification

There is only one genus in the family.

genus Cremifania Czerny, 1904[3]

  • C. bulgarica Papp, 2010[2]
  • C. lanceolata Papp, 1994[4]
  • C. nearctica McAlpine, 1963[1]
  • C. nigrocellulata Czerny, 1904[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 McAlpine, J. F. (1963). "Relationships of Cremifania Czerny (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and description of a new species". Canadian Entomologist 95 (3): 239–253. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Papp, László (2010). "A new Cremifania species from Bulgaria (Diptera, Cremifaniidae), with a proposal for wing venation terms in higher Diptera". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 102: 193–204. http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_2010_Vol_102_193.pdf. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Czerny, Leander (1904). "Cremifania nigrocellulata, eine neue Ochthiphiline. Systematische Stel - lung und Gattung-Diagnose der Ochthiphilinen". Wiener entomologische Zeitung 23: 167–170. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12081614#page/211/mode/1up. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  4. Papp, László (1994). "A new Cremifania species from Hungary (Diptera, Chamaemyiidae)". Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici: 105–107. 

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