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Helius

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Megarhina Lepeletier and Serville p. 585
1828Helius Lepeletier and Serville p. 831
1830Rhamphidia Meigen p. 281
1869Atarba Osten Sacken p. 127
1905Rhamphidia Aldrich p. 81
1905Atarba Aldrich p. 82
1991Helius Krzemiński p. 312
1992Atarba Carpenter
1992Helius Carpenter
1993Helius Krzemiński p. 598
1994Atarba Evenhuis
1994Helius Evenhuis
2002Helius Podenas p. 230
2012Helius Podenas and Poinar p. 366
2014Helius Krzemiński et al. p. 96
2015Helius Kania p. 73
2016Helius Kania and Kopeć p. 102
2016Helius Kania et al. p. 34
2016Helius Kopeć et al. p. 3
2018Helius Kania et al. p. 234
2019Helius Krzemiński p. 514
2019Helius Wu and Krzemiński p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusHeliusLepeletier and Serville 1828

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. Helius Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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Subg. Helius (Helius) Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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†Helius (Helius) alavensis Kania et al. 2016
†Helius (Helius) collemus Podenas and Poinar 2012
†Helius (Helius) edmundi Krzemiński 2019
†Helius (Helius) ewa Krzemiński et al. 2014
†Helius (Helius) neali Kopeć et al. 2016
†Helius (Helius) oosterbroeki Kopeć et al. 2016
†Helius (Helius) popovi Krzemiński 2019
†Helius (Helius) qinghai Wu and Krzemiński 2019
†Helius (Helius) spiralis Kania et al. 2018
†Helius (Helius) vectensis Cockerell 1915
†Helius anetae Kania and Kopeć 2016
†Helius botswanensis Rayner and Waters 1990
†Helius constenius Krzemiński 1991
†Helius formosus Krzemiński 1993
†Helius fossilis Kania 2014
†Helius gedanicus Kania 2014
†Helius hispanicus Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2021
†Helius hoffeinsorum Kania 2014
†Helius krzeminskii Ribeiro 2003
†Helius lebanensis Kania et al. 2013
†Helius linus Podenas 2002
†Helius minutus Loew 1850
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Invalid names: Antocha succinea Meunier 1906 [synonym], Helius abditus Krzemiński 1985 [synonym]
†Helius miocenicus Krzemiński 2002
†Helius mutus Podenas 2002
†Helius pulcher Loew 1850
†Helius similis Kania 2014
†Helius stavropolensis Krzemiński 2002
†Helius tenerus Statz 1944
†Helius turolensis Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2021
†Helius verticillis Krzemiński 2002
†Helius weigandi Statz 1934
Invalid names: Atarba Osten Sacken 1869 [synonym], Megarhina Lepeletier and Serville 1828 [replaced], Rhamphidia Meigen 1830 [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: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 130.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon H. ewa, H. lebanensis (122471) H. lebanensis (149847)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Aragón) H. turolensis (91626)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) H. alavensis, H. spiralis, H. hispanicus (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar H. krzeminskii (111688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) H. sp. (104053)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana H. botswanensis (123430)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Rhamphidia sp. (156718)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) H. constenius (151911)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Atarba vectensis, H. edmundi, H. popovi, H. vectensis (123959) H. vectensis (123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Antocha succinea, Rhamphidia pulchra (123927) H. linus (124503) H. minutus, H. formosus (123221) H. mutus (110735 124517) Rhamphidia pulchra (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland H. abditus, H. sp. (120813) H. fossilis, H. gedanicus, H. similis (110737) H. minutus, H. formosus, H. similis, H. anetae (123215) Rhamphidia pulchra, Rhamphidia minuta (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation H. fossilis, H. hoffeinsorum, H. similis (123419)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Elephantomyia weigandi, H. tenera (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) H. collemus (125757)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Qinghai) H. qinghai (184254)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic H. neali, H. oosterbroeki (122473)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation H. stavropolensis, H. miocenicus, H. verticillis (105571)