Archizelmiridae
{{Short description|Extinct family of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Bathonian|Turonian}}
| taxon = Archizelmiridae
| authority = Rhodendorf, 1962
| subdivision = See text
}}
Archizelmiridae is an extinct family of flies, known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It belongs to the Sciaroidea, and has suggested to have a close relationship with Sciaridae.{{Cite journal|last=Arillo|first=Antonio|last2=Blagoderov|first2=Vladimir|last3=Peñalver|first3=Enrique|date=June 2018|title=Early Cretaceous parasitism in amber: A new species of Burmazelmira fly (Diptera: Archizelmiridae) parasitized by a Leptus sp. mite (Acari, Erythraeidae)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.006|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=86|pages=24–32|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.006|issn=0195-6671|hdl=10261/277243|hdl-access=free}}
Genera
- {{extinct}}Archimelzira Grimaldi et al. 2003 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
- {{extinct}}Archizelmira Rohdendorf 1962 Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- {{extinct}}Burmazelmira Grimaldi et al. 2003 Spanish amber, Escucha Formation, Early Cretaceous (Albian), Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- {{extinct}}Zelmiarcha Grimaldi et al. 2003 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)