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Dipterodictya

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy

Dipterodictya was named by Rohdendorf (1961). Its type is Dipterodictya tipuloides.

It was assigned to Dictyodipteridae by Rohdendorf (1961), Carpenter (1992); to Limoniidae by Krzemiński (1992), Evenhuis (1994); and to Architipulinae by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

Species

D. elongata, D. mirabilis (syn. Architipula asiatica, Architipula radiata, Architipula turanica), D. tipuloides (syn. Diplarchitipula destructa, Dictyotipula densa, Diplarchitipula multimedialis, Musidoromima crassinervis, Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides) (type species)

Synonyms

Hyperpolyneura was named by Rohdendorf (1961).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipterodictya by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Hyperpolyneuridae by Rohdendorf (1961), Krzemiński (1992), Carpenter (1992).
Diplopolyneura was named by Rohdendorf (1961).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipterodictya by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Limoniidae by Krzemiński (1992); and to Diplopolyneuridae by Rohdendorf (1961), Carpenter (1992), Evenhuis (1994).
Musidoromima was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipterodictya by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Musidoromimidae by Rohdendorf (1962), Carpenter (1992), Evenhuis (1994).
Dictyotipula was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipterodictya by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Architipulidae by Rohdendorf (1962), Carpenter (1992); and to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994).
Diplarchitipula was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipterodictya by Krzemiński et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Architipulidae by Rohdendorf (1962), Carpenter (1992); and to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1961	Dipterodictya Rohdendorf p. 92
1961	Hyperpolyneura Rohdendorf p. 95
1961	Diplopolyneura Rohdendorf p. 98
1962	Musidoromima Rohdendorf p. 311
1962	Dictyotipula Rohdendorf p. 312
1962	Diplarchitipula Rohdendorf p. 312
1992	Dictyotipula Carpenter
1992	Diplarchitipula Carpenter
1992	Diplopolyneura Carpenter
1992	Dipterodictya Carpenter
1992	Hyperpolyneura Carpenter
1992	Musidoromima Carpenter
1992	Diplopolyneura Krzemiński p. 47
1992	Dipterodictya Krzemiński p. 47
1992	Hyperpolyneura Krzemiński p. 47
1994	Dictyotipula Evenhuis
1994	Diplarchitipula Evenhuis
1994	Diplopolyneura Evenhuis
1994	Dipterodictya Evenhuis
1994	Musidoromima Evenhuis
2025	Dipterodictya Krzemiński et al. p. 413

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
suborder	Nematocera	Latreille 1825
infraorder	Tipulomorpha
superfamily	Tipuloidea
family	Limoniidae
subfamily	Architipulinae	()
genus	Dipterodictya

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.

G. †Dipterodictya Rohdendorf 1961

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†Dipterodictya elongata Krzemiński et al. 2025

†Dipterodictya mirabilis Rohdendorf 1961

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Invalid names: Architipula asiatica Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Architipula radiata Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Architipula turanica Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym]

†Dipterodictya tipuloides Rohdendorf 1961

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Invalid names: Dictyotipula densa Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplarchitipula destructa Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Diplarchitipula multimedialis Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Musidoromima crassinervis Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]

Invalid names: Dictyotipula Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplarchitipula Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplopolyneura Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Hyperpolyneura Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Musidoromima Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]

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 Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.4 - 192.9	Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy)	Architipula radiata, Architipula turanica, Architipula asiatica, Diplarchitipula destructa, D. elongata (105087) Diplopolyneura mirabilis, Musidoromima crassinervis, Dictyotipula densa, Diplarchitipula multimedialis, D. tipuloides, Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides, D. elongata (105086)