Family ATHERICIDAE

 

 




Athericidae is a primitive brachycerous family composed of several genera previously treated within the Rhagionidae. Adults of extant forms feed on nectar with females of some genera feeding on the blood of man and cattle. Larval stages live in the riffles of streams and on aquatic vegetation and are known to be predaceous on chironomid larvae and Ephemeroptera nymphs.

 Atherix sauneri Théobald (1937), described from Oligocene deposits of central France, was removed from Athericidae by Mostovski et al. (2003). It is treated in this catalog under Unplaced to Family.

 

 

Genus ATHERICITES Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram

 

ATHERICITES Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 61 (165). Type species: Athericites gordoni Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003, by original designation.

finchi Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 63 (167). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

gordoni Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 62 (167). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

kensmithi Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 62 (166). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

sellwoodi Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 63 (168). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

zazicola Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003: 61 (166). PA: Russia (Siberia) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

 

 

Genus ATRICHOPS Verrall

*ATRICHOPS Verrall, 1909: 291. Type species: Atherix crassipes Meigen, 1820, by monotypy.


hesperius Cockerell, 1914a: 101. NE: USA (Oligocene) [C].



 

 

Genus GALLOATHERIX Nel, De Ploëg & Perrichot

 

GALLOATHERIX Nel, De Ploëg & Perrichot, 2014: 592. Type species: Galloatherix incompletus Nel, de Ploeg & Perrichot, 2014, by original designation.

incompletus Nel, De Ploëg & Perrichot, 2014: 592. PA: France (Lower Cretaceous) [A].

 

 

Genus PALEOPANGONIUS Ren

 

PALEOPANGONIUS Ren, 1998: 66. Type species Paleopangonius eupterus Ren, 1998, by original designation.

eupterus Ren, 1998: 66. PA: China (Middle Jurassic) [C].

 

 

Genus SINOCRETOMYIA Zhang

 

SINOCRETOMYIA Zhang, 2012a: 3. Type species: Sinocretomyia minuscula Zhang, 2012, by original designation.

minuscula Zhang, 2012a: 4. PA: China (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

 

 

Genus SUCCINATHERIX Stuckenberg

SUCCINATHERIX Stuckenberg, 1974: 281. Type species: Succinatherix setifera Stuckenberg, 1974, by original designation.


avita Stuckenberg, 1974: 285. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene) [A].


setifera Stuckenberg, 1974: 283. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene) [A].