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Family CORETHRELLIDAE
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 fossils described thus far are from the Lower
Cretaceous of Lebanon (Szadziewski, 1995) and Burma (Poinar & Szadziewski
(2007). Borkent (2008) was unable to examine the type of Corethrella andersoni Poinar &
Szadziewski, so was unable to place it subgenerically.
Ref.:
Borkent (2008, world catalog).
Genus CORETHRELLA
Coquillett
*CORETHRELLA
Coquillett, 1902: 191. Type species: Corethrella brakeleyi
Coquillett, 1902, by original designation.
Subgenus CORETHRELLA Coquillett
baltica Borkent, 2008: 200. PA: Baltic Region
(Eocene) [A].
dominicana Borkent, 2008: 200. NT: Dominican
Republic (Miocene) [A].
miocaenica Szadziewski, Krzeminski & Kutscher, 1994: 87. Germany (Eocene) [A].
nudistyla Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992: 460.
NT: Dominican Republic (Miocene) [A].
prisca Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992: 457. PA: Germany (Miocene)
[A].
Subgenus FOSSICORETHRELLA Szadziewski
FOSSICORETHRELLA Szadziewski, 1995: 177. Type species: Corethrella cretacea
Szadziewski, 1995, by original designation.
cretacea Szadziewski, 1995: 178. PA: Lebanon
(Lower Cretaceous ) [A].
Unplaced to Subgenus of CORETHRELLA Coquillett
andersoni Poinar & Szadziewski, 2007: 155. OR:
Burma (Upper Cretaceous) [A].