''Strashila'' is an extinct genus of
nematoceran flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Strashilidae
Strashilidae is an extinct family of Jurassic flies from Siberia and China. They were originally believed to represent a distinct order called Nakridletia, but subsequent research determined that they were nematoceran flies related to the extant ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Strashila''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Strashila'':
* † ''Strashila daohugouensis'' Huang, Nel, Cai, Lin & Engel, 2013 Daohugou
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
, China, Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
* † ''Strashila incredibilis'' Rasnitsyn, 1992Alexandr Rasnitsyn
Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn () is a Russian entomologist, expert in palaeoentomology, and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2001).
His scientific interests are centered on the palaeontology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of hymenopteran ins ...
(1992): ''Strashila Incredibilis, a New Enigmatic Mecopteroid Insect With Possible Siphonapteran Affinities From the Upper Jurassic of Siberia.'' ''Psyche: A Journal of Entomology.'' Volume 99, Article ID 020491, doi:10.1155/1992/20491.
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Jurassic insects of Asia
Prehistoric Diptera genera
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