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Apystomyiidae

Insecta - Diptera - Apystomyiidae

Taxonomy
Apystomyiidae was named by Melander (1950). It is extant.

It was assigned to Asiloidea by Grimaldi et al. (2011); and to Apystomyoidea by Pape et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Apystomyiidae Melander
2011Apystomyiidae Grimaldi et al. p. 320
2011Apystomyiidae Pape et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
superfamilyApystomyoideaMelander 1950
familyApystomyiidaeMelander 1950
familyApystomyiidaeMelander 1950

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.

Fm. Apystomyiidae Melander 1950
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G. †Hilarimorphites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi and Cumming 2011
Hilarimorphites cummingi Grimaldi 2016
Hilarimorphites longimedia Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Hilarimorphites setosa Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Hilarimorphites superba Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Hilarimorphites yeatesi Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 93.90000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Hilarimorphites cummingi (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Hilarimorphites burmanica (111688)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Hilarimorphites superba, Hilarimorphites yeatesi, Hilarimorphites longimedia, Hilarimorphites setosa (110895)