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Chaoborinae

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Chaoborinae was named by Edwards (1920). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chaoboridae by Borkent (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Chaoborinae Edwards
2014Chaoborinae Borkent p. 473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
subfamilyChaoborinaeEdwards 1920
subfamilyChaoborinaeEdwards 1920

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.

Subfm. Chaoborinae Edwards 1920
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G. Chaoborus Lichtenstein 1800
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†Chaoborus ciliatus Meunier 1904
†Chaoborus kishenehnicus Baranov and Haug 2021
†Chaoborus rarus Seredszus and Wichard 2009
†Chaoborus tertiarius von Heyden 1862
Invalid names: Corethra Meigen 1803 [synonym], Culicites von Heyden 1862 [synonym]
G. Mochlonyx Loew 1844
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†Mochlonyx secundus Seredszus and Wichard 2009
†Mochlonyx sepultus Loew 1844
Invalid names: Mochlonyx atavus Loew 1861 [nomen nudum]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 47.80000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Chaoboridae indet. (157347)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Chaoborus kishenehnicus (224195)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Chaoborus rarus (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Mochlonyx secundus (120814) Mochlonyx sepultus, Corethra ciliata (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Mochlonyx sepultus (109625)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Culicites tertiarius (123945)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) Chaoborus sp. (224044)