Family EREMOCHAETIDAE




Ussatchev (1968) erected the family Eremochaetidae for the single genus Eremochaeta Ussatchev. Kovalev (1989a) discussed the systematics and classification of the family, including in it three genera. Based on morphological characters shown in the fossil specimens, Kovalev (1989a) surmised that the group was parasitic and thermophilic. All taxa have thus far been found in the Cretaceous and Jurassic deposits of Mongolia and Transbaikalia in eastern Russia.

Krivosheina & Zaitzev (1989) placed the family in the basalmost position of their infraorder Asilomorpha (which essentially is equal to orthorrhaphous Brachycera) with a questionable connection to the Bombylioidea.

Ref.: Kovalev (1989a, review and classification of taxa).


Genus DISSUP Evenhuis

EREMONOMUS Kovalev, 1989a: 106 (1990: 102). Type species: Eremonomus irae Kovalev, 1989, by original designation. [Preoccupied by Wollaston, 1861.] New synonymy.
DISSUP Evenhuis, 1994: 316 (new replacement name for Eremonomus Kovalev). Type species: Eremonomus irae Kovalev, 1989, automatic.
irae Kovalev, 1989a: 106 (1990: 102) (Eremonomus). PA: Russia (Siberia) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].

Genus EREMOCHAETOSOMA Kovalev

EREMOCHAETOSOMA Kovalev, 1986: 149. Type species: Eremochaetosoma mongolicum Kovalev, 1986, by original designation.
mongolicum Kovalev, 1986: 151. PA: Mongolia (Lower Cretaceous) [C].


Genus EREMOCHAETUS Ussatchev

EREMOCHAETUS Ussatchev, 1968: 618 (378). Type species: Eremochaetus asilicus Ussatchev, 1968, by original designation.
asilicus Ussatchev, 1968: 618 (378). PA: Russia (Siberia) (Upper Jurassic) [C].

Genus PAREREMOCHAETUS Ussatchev

PAREREMOCHAETUS Ussatchev, 1968: 619 (379). Type species: Pareremochaetus minor Ussatchev, 1968, by original designation.
minor Ussatchev, 1968: 619 (379). PA: Kazakhstan (Upper Jurassic) [C].



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