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Antocha

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Antocha was named by Osten Sacken (1860). It is extant. Its type is Antocha saxicola. It is the type genus of Antochini.

It was assigned to Tipulidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994); and to Antochini by Krzemiński et al. (2021).

Species
A. principialis, A. saxicola (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Taphrophila Rondani p. 185
1860Antocha Osten Sacken p. 219
1905Antocha Aldrich p. 83
1992Antocha Carpenter
1994Antocha Evenhuis
2021Antocha Krzemiński et al. p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
tribeAntochini
genusAntocha

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. Antocha Osten Sacken 1860
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Antocha principialis Scudder 1894
Antocha saxicola Osten-Sacken 1860
Invalid names: Taphrophila Rondani 1856 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) A. principialis (106384)