Kovalevisargidae

The Brachyceran family Kovalevisargidae is an extinct group of flies known from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China and the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.[1][2]

Kovalevisargidae Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	†Archisargoidea
Family:	†Kovalevisargidae Mostovski, 1997
Genera
Kerosargus Kovalevisargus

Taxonomy

• †Kerosargus Mostovski 1997
  • †Kerosargus argus Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • †Kerosargus sororius Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• †Kovalevisargus Mostovski 1997
  • †Kovalevisargus brachypterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
  • †Kovalevisargus clarigenus Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • †Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis Zhang 2014[3] Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian/Oxfordian
  • †Kovalevisargus macropterus Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian

References

1. Mostovski, M. B. (1997). "On Knowledge of Fossil Flies of the Superfamily Achisargoidea (Diptera, Brachycera)". Paleontological Journal. Nauka. 31 (1): 72–78.
2. Zhang, Junfeng (2011). "Three distinct but rare kovalevisargid flies from the Jurassic Daohugou biota, China (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Kovalevisargidae):". Palaeontology. The Palaeontological Association. 54 (1): 163–170. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01010.x.
3. Zhang, Junfeng (2015-10-03). "Archisargoid flies (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Kovalevisargidae) from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China, and the related biostratigraphical correlation and geological age". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (10): 857–881. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.960902. ISSN 1477-2019.