Ironomyiidae is a small family of flies in the order Diptera. Historically, they had been included in the family Platypezidae, and includes three extant species within the single extant genus Ironomyia endemic to Australia and a number of extinct fossil genera from North America and Asia extending back to the Early Cretaceous.
Genera
- Ironomyia <small>White, 1916</small>
- Ironomyia francisi <small>McAlpine, 2008</small>
- Ironomyia nigromaculata <small>White, 1916</small>
- Ironomyia whitei <small>McAlpine, 2008</small>
- â Cretonomyia <small>McAlpine 1973</small> Canadian amber, Campanian
- â Proironia <small>Grimaldi 2018</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- â Eridomyia <small>Mostovski 1995</small> Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
- â Hermaeomyia <small>Mostovski 1995</small> Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
- â Palaeopetia <small>Zhang 1987</small> Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Formation, Russia, Campanian
- â Macalpinomyia <small>Li and Yeates 2018</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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