Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863

De SOUZA AMORIM, DALTON & BROWN, BRIAN V., 2022, Docidiadia grimaldii sp. nov. from Myanmar amber (Diptera: Diadocidiidae), with comments on the genus Docidiadia Blagoderov & Grimaldi, Palaeoentomology 5 (5), pp. 505-512 : 506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.12
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7383745
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scientific name	Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
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Type genus. Diadocidia Ruthe, 1831 View in CoL

The extant family Diadocidiidae View in CoL includes only the type genus, Diadocidia View in CoL , with 23 described species and a large number of undescribed species from different parts of the world. Subgenera have been proposed for the genus, but they are not of unanimous acceptance in the literature. The extant species of the genus are quite homogeneous, without much variation in the morphology among the species of different parts of the world.