Eremochaetidae

Eremochaetidae
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Cenomanian
Zhenia xiai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: †Archisargoidea
Family: †Eremochaetidae
Ussatchov 1968
Genera

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Zhenia burmensis

Eremochaetidae is an extinct family of brachyceran flies known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of Asia. It is part of the extinct superfamily Archisargoidea. The morphology of the ovipositor of the only 3 dimensionally preserved genus Zhenia was initially interpreted as evidence of being an endoparasitoid of arthropods,[1] however a subsequent study suggested that the ovipositor was used to deposit its eggs in plant material, similar to members of Tephritoidea.[2] In a phylogenetic analysis, Ermochaetidae was found to be monophyletic, surrounded by a paraphyletic Archisargidae.[3]

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  3. ^ Grimaldi, David A.; Barden, Phillip (2016-09-29). "The Mesozoic Family Eremochaetidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in Burmese Amber and Relationships of Archisargoidea: Brachycera in Cretaceous Amber, Part VIII". American Museum Novitates (3865): 1–29. doi:10.1206/3865.1. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 89602433.