Ironomyiidae

{{Short description|Family of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| oldest_fossil = Aptian

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Ironomyiidae

| authority = McAlpine & Martin, 1966

| type_species = Ironomyia nigromaculata

| type_species_authority = White, 1916 {{cite journal

| last = White

| first = Adam

| year = 1916

| title = The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part III. Families Asilidae, Bombylidae, Empidae, Dolichopodidae & Phoridae

| journal = Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

| volume = 217

| pages = 148–266

| publisher = Royal Society of Tasmania

| location = Tasmania

| type = Print

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.part.28993

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/28993

| doi-access= free

}}

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

}}

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

| last = McAlpine

| first = D.K.

| year = 2008

| title = New extant species of ironic flies (Diptera: Ironomyiidae) with notes on ironomyiid morphology and relationships

| journal = Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

| volume = 129

| pages = 17–38

| publisher = The Linnean Society of New South Wales

| location = New South Wales

| type = Print

}}

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