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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Grimaldi, David A. AND Arillo, Antonio AND Cumming, Jeffrey M. AND Hauser, Martin
 | author_abbreviated = Grimaldi D AND Arillo A AND Cumming J AND Hauser M
 | year = 2011
 | title = Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 148
 | pages = 293--332
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809
 | citationurl = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1809/citation/ 
 | url = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1809/abstract
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}					

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Diptera
 | Familia = 
 | Genus = Kumaromyia
 | Specific name = 
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = Grimaldi & Hauser
 | Taxon status = gen. n.
 | Wikispecies page name = Kumaromyia
 | ZooBank ID = urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:08C3574B-22B5-4654-99CE-3DE0488EDBA2
 | Pensoft Profile = Kumaromyia
}}

==Diagnosis==
Body stout, abdomen short (length about equal to that of thorax); eyes large, bare; antenna with 3 flagellomeres, second article and third (style) minute; palp one-segmented; legs and thorax with bristle-like setae, no pilosity except for postoccipital region; hind coxa with small knob on anterior surface; thickness of metatarsi equal that of metatibial base; wing with C ending between apices of R5 and M1, apex of R5 ending slightly subapically; R4 and R5 divergent, not parallel for any part of their lengths, base of R4 not perpendicular to stem of R4+5 and R5 .

==Etymology==
Patronym in honor of a great colleague and friend to the senior author, Prof. Kumar Krishna. Appropriately, ''{{Taxon name|Kumaromyia}}'' (as presently known) is preserved in amber from Burma, a place of significance in Kumar’s early years.

==Type species==
''{{Taxon name|Kumaromyia burmitica}}'', sp. n., by present designation.

==Discussion==
''{{Taxon name|Psilocephala electrella}}'' Cockerell, 1920, is a similar species preserved in Burmese amber, but ''{{Taxon name|Kumaromyia burmitica}}'' has a smaller body size (wing width 0.75 mm, vs. 1.5 mm in holotype of ''electrella''), and differs venationally, specifically with the apex of R5 meeting C preapically (vs. slightly postapically in ''electrella''), M1 and M2 nearly parallel (distinctly divergent in ''electrella''), and apex of M3 distinctly curved to meet apex of CuA1 at the wing margin (vs. straight in ''electrella''). The holotype and unique specimen of ''electrella'' (NHML In. 20148) is shown in an excellent photograph in Gaimari and Mostovski (2000<ref name="B9">{{aut|Gaimari S}}, {{aut|Mostovski M}} (2000) ''Burmapsilocephala cockerelli'', a new genus and species of Asiloidea (Diptera) from Burmese amber. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Geology) 56: 43-45.</ref >: fig. 1), and it was examined by the senior author in 2004. It is very partial, with most of the specimen lost (just portions of the scutum and abdomen, two legs and most of both wings remain), so it is very difficult to determine if the two species may be congeneric.					

==Original Description==
*{{aut|Grimaldi, D}}; {{aut|Arillo, A}}; {{aut|Cumming, J}}; {{aut|Hauser, M}}; 2011: Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''148''': 293-332. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.148.1809}}

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