Family VALESEGUYIDAE Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006
Compiler and date details
2011 - Updated by Judy King and Christine Lambkin, Queensland Museum
E.-M.E. Bugledich, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
This family was erected for a single extant species, Valeseguya rieki Colless, found in Victoria, and two species known only from fossilised amber: V. disjuncta Grimaldi from the Dominican Republic and Cretoseguya burmitica Amorim & Grimaldi from Myanmar.
Valeseguya rieki was originally placed in Mycetobiinae: Anisopodidae by Colless (1990). Grimaldi (1991) described a second species, V. disjuncta, from Miocene amber. Amorim and Tozoni (1995) raised the genus to subfamily Valeseguyinae within the Anisopodidae, on the basis of substantial differences, mainly in wing venation, from recent Mycetobiinae. Following the discovery of a related species in fossilised amber and the re-examination of existing specimens Amorim and Grimaldi (2006) erected the family Valeseguyidae for the two genera, Valeseguya and Cretoseguya.
General References
Amorim D.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2006. Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Systematic Entomology 31: 508-516 (revised diagnosis of Valeseguya, revised description of V. rieki)
Colless, D.H. 1990. Valeseguya rieki, a new genus and species of dipteran from Australia (Nematocera: Anisopodidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France N.S. 26: 351-353
Grimaldi, D.A. 1991. Mycetobiine woodgnats (Diptera:Anisopodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic, and Old World affinities. American Museum Novitates 3014: 1-24
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2010 | 09-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |