Familia:Atelestidae
Subfamiliae (2):Atelestinae –Nemedininae
[source:Sinclair &Cumming (2006)]
Overview of genera (11-12)
[edit]Acarteroptera –Alavesia –Atelestus –Meghyperus –Nemedina –†Atelestites –†Cretodromia – †Dianafranksia –†Nemedromia – †Neoturonius – †Prolatomyia – ?†Phaetempis
[sources:Grimaldi &Cumming (1999),Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist,Sinclair &Kirk-Spriggs (2010)]
AtelestidaeHennig, 1970
- Grimaldi, D.A. &Cumming, J.M. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura.Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239: 1–124.hdl:2246/1583
.Reference page. - Sinclair, B.J. &Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera).Zootaxa 1180: 1–172.Abstract & excerpt.DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1.PDF A,PDF B.Reference page.
- Sinclair, B.J.;Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2010:Alavesia Waters and Arillo–a Cretaceous-era genus discovered extant on the Brandberg Massif, Namibia (Diptera: Atelestidae).Systematic entomology, 35(2): 268–276.DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00506.xPDF
- Yang, D.,Zhang, K.-Y.,Yao, G. &Zhang, J.-H. 2007.World Catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 599 pp.ISBN 978-7-81117-423-6.Abstract at NHBS.Reference page.
