Protobrachyceron Handlirsch, 1920

Zhang, Kuiyan, Yang, Ding & Ren, Dong, 2008, The first Middle Jurassic Protobrachyceron Handlirsch fly (Diptera: Brachycera: Protobrachyceridae) from Inner Mongolia (China), Zootaxa 1879, pp. 61-64 : 62

Genus Protobrachyceron Handlirsch, 1920

Type species. Protobrachyceron liasinum Handlirsch, 1920

Stratigraphic and geographic range. Lower to Middle Jurassic; Germany and China.

Diagnosis. Body small; vein Sc ending at midwing, slightly longer than cell br (basal radial); veins R1 and R2+3 close to each other at wing margin; both vein R4 and cell d distinctly shorter than vein M 1 in length; crossvein r-m at basal 1/5-1/ 4 of cell d; five posterior cells widely open, mouth of cells m3 and cup narrow.