Hilarimorphidae

The Hilarimorphidae or hilarimorphid flies are a family of Diptera. They are of uncertain placement and may be related to the Acroceridae. Most species are Nearctic.[1][2]

Hilarimorphidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Family: Hilarimorphidae
Hendel and Beier, 1937

Species

Genus †Cretahilarimorpha Myskowiak, Azar & Nel, 2016

  • †Cretahilarimorpha lebanensis Myskowiak, Azar & Nel, 2016

Genus Hilarimorpha Schiner, 1860

  • Hilarimorpha abuta Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha bumulla Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha californica Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha clavata Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha cunata Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha desta Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha ditissa Webb, 1975[3]
  • Hilarimorpha kena Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha lamara Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha lantha Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha loisae Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha mandana Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha mentata Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha mikii Williston, 1888
  • Hilarimorpha modesta Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha obscura Bigot, 1887
  • Hilarimorpha parva Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha pitans Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha punata Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha pusilla Johnson, 1923
  • Hilarimorpha reparta Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha rivara Webb, 1975[3]
  • Hilarimorpha robertsoni Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha sidora Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha singularis Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha stena Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha tempa Webb, 1974[2]
  • Hilarimorpha ussuriensis Makarkin, 1992

Genus †Hilarimorphites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 — extinct, known from Cretaceous amber of New Jersey[4] and Myanmar.[5]

  • †Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi & Cumming, 2011
  • †Hilarimorphites cummingi Grimaldi, 2016
  • †Hilarimorphites longimedia Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • †Hilarimorphites setosa Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • †Hilarimorphites superba Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
  • †Hilarimorphites yeatesi Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999

References
  1. Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "Genitalia of Hilarimorpha (Diptera, Hilarimorphidae)". Japanese Journal of Entomology (in Japanese). Kagoshima. 50 (4): 544–548. ISSN 0915-5805.
  2. Webb, D. W. (1974). "A revision of the genus Hilarimorpha (Diptera: Hilarimorphidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 47 (2): 172–222. JSTOR 25082639.
  3. Webb, D.W. (1975). "New species of Hilarimorpha (Diptera: Hilarimorphidae)". Entomological News. 86: 80–84. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. Grimaldi, D.I.; Cumming, J.M. (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 239: 1–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  5. "†Hilarimorphites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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