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Tabanomorpha

Insecta - Diptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Tabanomorpha Hennig pp. 52, 59, 70
1992Tabanomorpha Krzemiński p. 45
2007Tabanomorpha Yeates et al.
2011Tabanomorpha Grimaldi et al. p. 303
2011Tabanomorpha Wiegmann et al.
2016Tabanomorpha Grimaldi p. 30
2018Tabanomorpha Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Infraor. Tabanomorpha Hennig 1948
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G. †Atherhagiox Grimaldi 2016
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†Atherhagiox ambiguum Grimaldi 2016
†Atherhagiox simulans Grimaldi 2016
Fm. Athericidae Stuckenberg 1973 [water snipe fly]
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G. Atherix Meigen 1803
G. Atrichops Verrall 1909
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†Atrichops hesperius Cockerell 1914
G. †Eoatrichops Myskowiak and Nel 2014
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†Eoatrichops jeanbernardi Myskowiak and Nel 2014
G. †Notoatherix Oberprieler and Yeates 2014
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†Notoatherix antiqua Oberprieler and Yeates 2014
G. †Qiyia Chen et al. 2014
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†Qiyia jurassica Chen et al. 2014
G. †Sinocretomyia Zhang 2012
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G. †Succinatherix Stuckenberg 1974
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†Succinatherix avita Stuckenberg 1974
†Succinatherix setifera Stuckenberg 1974
Fm. Bolbomyiidae Stuckenberg 2001
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G. Bolbomyia Loew 1850
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†Bolbomyia loewi Meunier 1902
G. †Galloatherix Nel et al. 2014
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†Galloatherix completus Grimaldi 2016
†Galloatherix incompletus Nel et al. 2014
G. †Palaepangonius Ren 1998
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†Palaepangonius finchi Mostovski et al. 2003
†Palaepangonius glossa Grimaldi 2016
†Palaepangonius gordoni Mostovski et al. 2003
†Palaepangonius kensmithi Mostovski et al. 2003
†Palaepangonius sellwoodi Mostovski et al. 2003
†Palaepangonius zazicola Mostovski et al. 2003
Invalid names: Athericites Mostovski et al. 2003 [synonym]
Fm. Rhagionidae Latreille 1802 [snipe fly]
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G. †Achrysopilus Zhang et al. 2008
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†Achrysopilus neimenguensis Zhang et al. 2008
Subfm. Chrysopilinae Bezzi 1903
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G. Chrysopilus Macquart 1826
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†Chrysopilus anglicus Cockerell 1921
†Chrysopilus meunieri Kerr 2010
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Invalid names: Chrysopilus nagatomii Evenhuis 1994 [replaced]
†Chrysopilus praestigmaticus Evenhuis 1994
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Invalid names: Chrysopilus stigmaticus Statz 1940 [replaced]
†Chrysopilus stigmaticus Cockerell 1921
Invalid names: Paleochrysopila Meunier 1892 [synonym]
G. †Daohugorhagio Zhang 2013
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G. †Elliprhagio Han et al. 2019
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†Elliprhagio macrosiphonius Han et al. 2019
G. †Grimmyia Ansorge 1996
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†Grimmyia baltica Ansorge 1996
G. †Jersambromyia Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Jersambromyia borodini Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Jurabrachyceron Kovalev 1981
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G. †Kubekovia Kovalev 1985
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†Kubekovia accessoria Kovalev 1985
G. †Lebanoleptis Angelini et al. 2016
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†Lebanoleptis huangi Angelini et al. 2016
G. †Liassobrachyceron Krzemiński and Ansorge 2005
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†Liassobrachyceron kotejai Krzemiński and Ansorge 2005
G. †Lithorhagio Zhang and Li 2012
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†Lithorhagio megalocephalus Zhang and Li 2012
G. †Longhuaia Hong 1992
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†Longhuaia orientalis Hong 1992
G. †Mesobolbomyia Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Mesobolbomyia acrai Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Novelaria Solórzano Kraemer and Nel 2009
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†Novelaria aetheria Solórzano Kraemer and Nel 2009
†Novelaria magna Solórzano Kraemer and Nel 2009
†Novelaria una Solórzano Kraemer and Nel 2009
G. †Oiobrachyceron Ren 1998
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G. †Orsobrachyceron Ren 1998
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G. †Palaeoarthroteles Kovalev and Mostovski 1997
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†Palaeoarthroteles mesozoicus Kovalev and Mostovski 1997
G. †Palaeobolbomyia Kovalev 1982
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†Palaeobolbomyia angustalata Mostovski 2000
†Palaeobolbomyia devia Mostovski 2000
†Palaeobolbomyia mongolica Mostovski 2000
†Palaeobolbomyia sibirica Kovalev 1982
†Palaeobolbomyia sinica Zhang 2010
†Palaeobolbomyia yakutensis Mostovski 2000
G. †Palaeobrachyceron Kovalev 1981
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†Palaeobrachyceron hennigi Kovalev 1981
G. †Palaeostratiomyia Rohdendorf 1938
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†Palaeostratiomyia pygmaea Rohdendorf 1938
G. †Paleochrysopilus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Paleochrysopilus hirsutus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Parachrysopilus Zhang 2013
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G. †Protorhagio Rohdendorf 1938
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†Protorhagio capitatus Rohdendorf 1938
†Protorhagio karataviensis Mostovski 2008
†Protorhagio parvus Zhang and Li 2012
†Protorhagio ponomarenkoi Mostovski 2008
†Protorhagio ruptus Mostovski 2008
G. †Pseudopetia Zhang 1987
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†Pseudopetia exilis Zhang 1987
†Pseudopetia grandis Zhang 1987
G. †Pseudosimulium Handlirsch 1906
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†Pseudosimulium humidum Brodie 1845
Subfm. Rhagioninae Latreille 1802
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G. Atherimorpha White 1915
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†Atherimorpha festuca Jell and Duncan 1986
G. †Ptiolinites Kovalev 1986
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†Ptiolinites almuthae Mostovski et al. 2000
†Ptiolinites cretaceus Kovalev 1986
†Ptiolinites heidiae Mostovski et al. 2000
†Ptiolinites oudatchinae Mostovski et al. 2000
†Ptiolinites raypearcei Mostovski et al. 2000
G. Rhagio Fabricius 1775
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†Rhagio bifurcatus Meunier 1902
†Rhagio calcaratus Statz 1940
†Rhagio expassus Meunier 1910
†Rhagio exporrectus Meunier 1910
†Rhagio expositus Meunier 1910
†Rhagio exsanguis Meunier 1910
†Rhagio fascinatoris Meunier 1910
†Rhagio ferus Meunier 1910
†Rhagio flexus Meunier 1899
†Rhagio fossitius Melander 1949
†Rhagio ignavus Meunier 1910
†Rhagio primaevus Théobald 1937
†Rhagio samlandicus Meunier 1916
†Rhagio wheeleri Melander 1949
Invalid names: Leptis Fabricius 1805 [synonym], Palaeohilarimorpha Meunier 1902 [synonym]
G. †Rhagiophryne Rohdendorf 1964
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†Rhagiophryne bianalis Rohdendorf 1964
G. †Scelorhagio Zhang et al. 1993
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†Scelorhagio mecomastigus Zhang et al. 1993
G. †Simulidium Westwood 1854
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†Simulidium priscum Westwood 1854
G. †Sinorhagio Zhang et al. 2006
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†Sinorhagio daohugouensis Zhang et al. 2006
†Sinorhagio sinuatus Zhang 2013
Subfm. Spaniinae Frey 1954
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G. Litoleptis Chillcott 1963
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†Litoleptis araeostylus Greenwalt 2019
†Litoleptis fossilis Arillo et al. 2009
G. Symphoromyia Frauenfeld 1867
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†Symphoromyia clerci Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
†Symphoromyia eocenica Nel et al. 2016
†Symphoromyia evecta Meunier 1910
†Symphoromyia examinata Meunier 1910
†Symphoromyia marginata Theobald 1937
†Symphoromyia subtrita Cockerell 1911
†Symphoromyia succini Paramonov 1938
†Symphoromyia tertiarica Paramonov 1938
Invalid names: Atherix angustifrons Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Atherix pelecocera Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum]
G. †Taschigatra Mostovski and Jarzembowski 2000
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†Taschigatra bharataja Mostovski and Jarzembowski 2000
†Taschigatra tulyabhijana Mostovski and Jarzembowski 2000
G. †Trichorhagio Zhang 2013
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†Trichorhagio gregarius Zhang 2013
G. †Zarzia Zaitzev 1986
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†Zarzia zherichini Zaitzev 1986
Invalid names: Glutopidae Krivosheina 1971 [synonym], Leptidae [synonym], Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf 1938 [synonym]
Superfm. Rhagionoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. †Rhagionempididae Rohdendorf 1938
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G. †Palaeoptiolina Kovalev 1982
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†Palaeoptiolina scobloi Kovalev 1982
G. †Probolbomyia Ussatchov 1968
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†Probolbomyia modesta Ussatchov 1968
G. †Rhagionempis Rohdendorf 1938
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†Rhagionempis antennata Rohdendorf 1938
†Rhagionempis tabanicornis Rohdendorf 1938
G. †Shevioptera Kalugina 1989
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†Shevioptera sinitsae Kalugina 1989
G. †Ussatchovia Kovalev 1982
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†Ussatchovia gracilenta Zhang 2010
†Ussatchovia jurassica Kovalev 1982
†Ussatchovia robusta Zhang 2010
Invalid names: Austroleptidae Nagatomi 1982 [empty]
Fm. Tabanidae Latreille 1802 [horse fly]
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G. †Araripus Carmo and Sampronha 2022
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†Araripus crassitibialis Carmo and Sampronha 2022
G. †Baissomyia Mostovski et al. 2003
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†Baissomyia redita Mostovski et al. 2003
Subfm. Chrysopsinae Lutz 1905 [deer fly]
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Tr. Bouvieromyiini Seguy 1949
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G. Mesomyia Macquart 1850
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Subg. Mesomyia (Pareucompsa) Enderlein 1922
Subg. Mesomyia (Perisilvius) Enderlein 1922
G. Pseudotabanus Ricardo 1915
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G. †Sznablomyia Trojan 2002
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†Sznablomyia parvula Trojan 2002
G. †Tabanosoma Trojan 2002
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†Tabanosoma tabaniforme Trojan 2002
Tr. Chrysopsini Lutz 1905
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G. Chrysops Meigen 1803
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†Chrysops seguyi Piton 1940
G. Silvius Meigen 1820
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†Silvius laticornis Meunier 1902
†Silvius merychippi Cockerell 1916
G. †Cratotabanus Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994
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†Cratotabanus asiaticus Grimaldi 2016
†Cratotabanus cearensis Carmo and Sampronha 2022
†Cratotabanus newjerseyensis Grimaldi 2011
†Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994
G. †Eopangonius Ren 1998
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†Eopangonius pletus Ren 1998
G. †Eotabanoid Mostovski et al. 2003
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†Eotabanoid lordi Mostovski et al. 2003
G. Heptatoma Meigen 1803
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†Heptatoma oeningensis Heer 1864
Invalid names: Hexatoma Meigen 1820 [objective synonym]
G. †Laiyangitabanus Zhang 2012
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Subfm. Tabaninae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Diachlorini Loew 1860
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G. Stenotabanus Lutz 1913
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†Stenotabanus brodzinskyi Lane and Poinar 1988
†Stenotabanus oleariorum Strelow et al. 2013
†Stenotabanus woodruffi Fairchild 1989
Tr. Haematopotini Enderlein 1922
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G. Haematopota Meigen 1803
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†Haematopota pinicola Stuckenberg 1975
Tr. Tabanini Latreille 1802
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G. Tabanus Linnaeus 1758
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†Tabanus hipparionis Cockerell 1909
†Tabanus parahippi Cockerell 1909
†Tabanus statzi Moucha 1972
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Invalid names: Tabanus fulvescens Statz 1940 [replaced]
Tabanus sudeticus Zeller 1842 [dark giant horsefly]
†Tabanus tremembeensis Martins-Neto 1997
†Tabanus vectensis Cockerell 1921
G. †Tabanipriscus Grimaldi 2016
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†Tabanipriscus transitivus Grimaldi 2016
Invalid names: Pangoniinae Loew 1860 [empty]
Fm. Vermileonidae Nagatomi 1977 [wormlion]
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G. †Protovermileo Hennig 1967
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†Protovermileo electricus Hennig 1967
Invalid names: Tabanoidea Latreille 1802 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 183.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.7 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Palaeobrachyceron nagatomii (125341)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Palaeobrachyceron willmanni, Grimmyia baltica (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Rhagionidae indet., Liassobrachyceron kotejai (114991)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1India (Adilabad) Taschigatra bharataja (117539) Taschigatra tulyabhijana (117538)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) Palaeobolbomyia mongolica (114615)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Kubekovia accessoria (118010)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Palaeobolbomyia sibirica, Palaeobolbomyia kazakhstanica, Palaeobolbomyia devia, Probolbomyia modesta, Protorhagio ponomarenkoi (106101) Palaeostratiomyia pygmaea, Protorhagio capitatus (113402) Protorhagio ponomarenkoi (105971) Protorhagio ruptus, Protorhagio karataviensis (105970 106102) Rhagionempis antennata (113439) Rhagionempis sp., Palaeobolbomyia kazakhstanica, Protorhagio ponomarenkoi (106279) Rhagionempis sp., Protorhagio karataviensis, Protorhagio ponomarenkoi (105426) Rhagionempis tabanicornis (114238) Rhagiophryne bianalis (115792)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryat) Ussatchovia jurassica (114660)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Achrysopilus neimenguensis (113360) Elliprhagio macrosiphonius (172659) Palaeoarthroteles jurassicus, Palaeoarthroteles pallidus (121683) Palaeobolbomyia sinica, Ussatchovia robusta, Ussatchovia gracilenta (113374) Protorhagio parvus, Lithorhagio megalocephalus, Trichorhagio gregarius, Daohugorhagio elongatus, Sinorhagio sinuatus, Parachrysopilus jurassicus, Qiyia jurassica (113371) Qiyia jurassica (157555 234521) Sinorhagio daohugouensis (113376)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryat) Palaeobrachyceron handlirschi, Palaeobrachyceron hennigi, Palaeobrachyceron rohdendorfi, Palaeobrachyceron steyskali, Jurabrachyceron abbreviatum (105017)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation (Buryat) Palaeobolbomyia sibirica (104950 114614)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation (Chita) Palaeoptiolina scobloi (114661)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Rhagionidae indet. (104748 121394)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Chita) Palaeoarthroteles mesozoicus (114307 123197) Shevioptera sinitsae (125407)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Australia (New South Wales) Notoatherix antiqua (166809)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Athericites sellwoodi (119442)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Eotabanoid lordi (176354) Ptiolinites heidiae, Ptiolinites raypearcei (103833) Rhagionidae indet. (104003) Simulidium priscum (117342)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Simulium humidum (104008)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Palaeobolbomyia yakutensis, Palaeobolbomyia angustalata (110818)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Athericites finchi (106417) Ptiolinites raypearcei (106281)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (Surrey) Ptiolinites raypearcei (74972)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Lebanoleptis huangi (123416) Rhagionidae indet. A, Rhagionidae indet. D, Mesobolbomyia acrai (122359) Rhagionidae indet. C, Paleochrysopilus hirsutus (123017)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain Ptiolinites almuthae (118913)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Athericites kensmithi, Athericites gordoni (45193)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Palaepangonius eupterus, Eopangonius pletus, Orsobrachyceron chinensis, Oiobrachyceron limnogenus (138436)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0China (Hebei) Longhuaia orientalis (157233)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) Ptiolinites cretaceus (104054)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Rhagionidae sp 1, Rhagionidae sp 2 (122332)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Athericites zazicola, Ptiolinites oudatchinae (106103) Baissomyia redita (119441) Rhagionidae indet., Austroleptidae indet. (113350)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Laiyangitabanus formosus, Sinocretomyia minuscula, Scelorhagio mecomastigus, Pseudopetia grandis (106313) Pseudopetia exilis (125196)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Atherimorpha festuca (77192)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Araripus crassitibialis (149767) Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus (123014) Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus, Cratotabanus cearensis (217013) Rhagionidae indet., Tabanidae indet. (122557)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Jordan Rhagionidae indet. (124847)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Novelaria aetheria, Novelaria una, Novelaria magna, Galloatherix incompletus (99114)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Aragón) Litoleptis fossilis (91626)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Atherhagiox ambiguum, Galloatherix completus, Tabanipriscus transitivus, Cratotabanus asiaticus (111688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Palaepangonius glossa, Atherhagiox simulans (123113)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Cratotabanus newjerseyensis (123114) Jersambromyia borodini (123016) Rhagionidae indet. B, Cratotabanus newjerseyensis (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Zarzia zherichini (122590)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Chrysops seguyi (113685)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eoatrichops jeanbernardi, Symphoromyia eocenica (123850)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Tabanidae indet., Tabanomorpha indet. (120798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Litoleptis araeostylus (135666)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Pseudotabanus dereckii (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Mesomyia hoffeinsorum, Mesomyia stigmatica, Mesomyia cuprea, Mesomyia yantarophila, Sznablomyia parvula, Tabanosoma tabaniforme (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Atherix evecta, Leptis expassa, Leptis exporrecta, Leptis fascinatoris, Leptis fera (140789) Bolbomyia loewi, Succinatherix setifera (123766) Protovermileo electricus, Bolbomyia loewi, Silvius laticornis, Leptis samlandica, Palaeohilarimorpha bifurcata, Leptis flexa, Paleochrysopila sp. (123927) Silvius laticornis (123757 123870) Silvius laticornis, Atherix evecta, Leptis expassa, Leptis exporrecta, Leptis exsanguis, Leptis exposita, Leptis fascinatoris, Leptis fera, Leptis ignava, Atherix examinata (124073) Succinatherix setifera, Succinatherix avita (123420) Symphoromyia clerci (123936) Symphoromyia succini (210196) Symphoromyia tertiarica (155061)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Chrysopilus anglicus, Chrysopilus stigmaticus, Chrysops vectensis (123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Bolbomyia loewi, Silvius laticornis, Succinatherix avita (123762)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Leptis mystaceaeformis, Atrichops hesperius (106380) Rhagio fossitius, Rhagio wheeleri (124624) Rhagio wheeleri, Symphoromyia subtrita (106381) Silvius merychippi (140496) Tabanus merychippi (122977) Tabanus parahippi, Tabanus hipparionis (114150) Xylomyia moratula (106379)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Tabanus sp. (122536)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Symphoromyia marginata (122407)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Brazil Tabanus tremembeensis (153054)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Rhagio calcaratus, Chrysopilus stigmaticus, Tabanus fulvescens (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Chrysops sp. (113712 122501) Rhagio primaevus (138838)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Stenotabanus sp. (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Stenotabanus brodzinskyi (124522) Stenotabanus woodruffi (122473)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hexatoma oeningensis (117252) Tabanidae indet. (113830)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Tabanus sudeticus (109196 167949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Leptis sp., Haematopota pinicola (123991)