Zhangsolvidae is an extinct family of brachyceran flies known from the Cretaceous period. Members of the family possess a long proboscis, varying in length between 1.3 and 7 mm depending on the species, and were probably nectarivores. A specimen has been found with preserved Bennettitales pollen, suggesting that they acted as pollinators for extinct gymnosperms.[1] They are considered to be members of the Stratiomyomorpha.[2]
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- †Buccinatormyia Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015[2]
- †Buccinatormyia gangnami Khramov and Nam 2019[3] Jinju Formation , South Korea, Albian
- †Buccinatormyia magnifica Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015 Spanish amber, Albian
- †Buccinatormyia soplaensis Arillo, Peñalver and Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al. 2015 Spanish amber, Albian
- †Burmomyia Zhang and Wang 2019[4]
- †Cratomyia Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000[5]
- †Cratomyia cretacica (Wilkommen 2007)[6] Crato Formation , Brazil, Aptian
- †Cratomyia macrorrhyncha Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
- †Cratomyia mimetica Grimaldi 2016[7] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Cratomyia zhuoi Zhang and Wang 2019[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Linguatormyia Grimaldi in Arillo et al. 2015[2]
- †Linguatormyia teletacta Grimaldi in Arillo et al. 2015 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Zhangsolva Nagatomi and Yang 1998[8]
- †Zhangsolva cupressa (Zhang et al. 1993)[9] Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian
- †Zhangsolva burmensis Zhang & Zhang, 2021[10] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
L. A. Mazzarolo and D. S. Amorim. 2000. Cratomyia macrorrhyncha, a Lower Cretaceous brachyceran fossil from the Santana Formation, Brazil, representing a new species, genus and family of the Stratiomyiomorpha (Diptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:91-102
J. Wilkommen. 2007. Taxonomic names, in Diptera: true flies, gnats, and crane flies. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 369-387
D. A. Grimaldi. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408:1-131
A. Nagatomi and D. Yang. 1998. A review of extinct Mesozoic genera and families of Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera, Orthorrhapha). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 134:95-192
J. F. Zhang, S. Zhang, and L. Y. Li. 1993. Mesozoic gadflies (Insecta: Diptera). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32:662-672