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Polymera

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Polymera was named by Wiedemann (1821). It is extant.

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

Species
P. (Polymera)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Polymera Wiedemann p. 40
1905Polymera Aldrich p. 87
1992Polymera Carpenter
1994Polymera Evenhuis
2021Polymera Krzemiński et al. p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimnophilinae
genusPolymeraWiedemann 1821

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. Polymera Wiedemann 1821
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Subg. Polymera (Polymera) Wiedemann 1821
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†Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi Krzemiński et al. 2021
†Polymera (Polymera) specula Podenas and Poinar 1999
†Polymera (Polymera) virgo Podenas and Poinar 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 38.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. magnifica (123927 127170)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. alexanderi (122982 155386) P. sp., P. specula, P. virgo (122472)