Bruchomyiinae in Dominican amber

All Bruchomyiinae known from Dominican amber are classified in Boreofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016, type species: Nemopalpus sziladyi Tonnoir, 1940, (orig. des.).

The diagnosis for this genus is based on extant and fossil species (Wagner & Stuckenberg 2015): Fourteen flagellomeres. Wing elongate; anal vein distally curved toward wing margin. Abdominal segments with pleurae and long hairs tufts; proximal abdominal tergites divided medially in some species. Male genitalia with basally widening vasa deferentia; aedeagus as long as or slightly shorter than ejaculatory apodeme; gonocoxite tubular, gonostylus basally wide tubular, with two or more specifically shaped distal lobes.

Fossil species included in this genus are Boreofairchildia dominicana sp. n., B. hennigianus (Schlüter, 1978) comb. nov., and B. scheveni (Wagner, 2006) .