Corethrellidae is a monogeneric family of culicid-like flies found worldwide. Larvae of extant forms are restricted to small bodies of water such as leaf axils and others isolated at the edges of bogs or small ponds. Adult females have biting mouthparts. Some feed on the blood of male frogs after being attracted to them by their calls.

The oldest fossil described thus far is from the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992).

Ref.: Borkent (1993, world catalog).

*CORETHRELLA Coquillett, 1902: 191. Type species: Corethrella brakeleyi Coquillett, 1902, by original designation.

nudistyla Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992: 460. NT: Dominican Republic (Oligocene/Miocene) [A].
prisca Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992: 457. PA: Germany (Miocene) [A].