Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Alternative spelling: Hemicytherinae
Parent taxon: Cytheracea according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Ayress 1995, Bertels 1973, Bhatia and Mandwal 1960, Blaszyk 1987, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983 and Hazel and Holden 1971
Sister taxa: Atjehella, Bronsteiniana, Climacoidea, Covracytheridae, Cytheralison, Emphasia, Exophthalmocythere, Falunia, Habrocythere, Hemikrithe, Juvenix, Kerocytheridae, Leguminocythereidae, Leptocytheridae, Lymnocytheridae, Mandelstamia, Marslatourella, Mediocytherideis, Naviculina, Neocytherideidae, Paenula, Palaeocytheridea, Paradoxostomatidae, Pavloviella, Pectocytheridae, Platycythere, Progonocytheridae, Protocytheridae, Pseudocytheromorpha, Pseudocytherura, Pseudokrithe, Pulviella, Rectocythere, Rubracea, Ruttenella, Saida, Schizocytheridae, Segmina, Semicytheridea, Sinusuellidae, Stillina, Taxodiella, Thalmannia, Tomiellidae, Trachyleberidae, Velarocythere, Vicinia
Subtaxa: Absonocytheropteron Ambostracon Aurila Aurilini Bradleyini Campylocytherinae Coquimbini Echinocythereidini Elofsonella Hemicythere Hemicytheria Heterocythereis Mutilus Neobuntonia Nephokirkos Orioninae Orioninini Patagonacythere Pokornyellini Procythereis Quadracythere Reussicythere Robustaurila Thaerocytherinae Urocythereidinae
Type: Hemicythere
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections), India (2), Italy (5), Panama (1), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Colombia (9), Croatia (3), Cuba (1), France (1), Greece (23), India (1), Italy (11), Morocco (2), Panama (1), Poland (19), Puerto Rico (8), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (3), United States (2: Florida, Maryland)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (3), Antigua and Barbuda (9), Germany (1), Italy (2), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (12), United States (2: Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (3), Belgium (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Libya (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), Tonga (1), United States (8: Alabama, Louisiana/Texas, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Indian Ocean (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (4: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), the Netherlands (3), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 179 collections including 401 occurrences