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Paraxymyiidae

Insecta - Diptera - Paraxymyiidae

Taxonomy

Paraxymyiidae was named by Rohdendorf (1946). Its type is Paraxymyia.

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992); and to Sciaroidea by Blagoderov and Grimaldi (2007).

Subtaxa

Arcus, Eomycetophilinae, Fera, Paraplecia, Paraxymyia (type genus), Paraxymyiinae, Veriplecia, Virginiptera

Synonyms

Parapleciidae was named by Hong (1983). Its type is Paraplecia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paraxymyiidae by Pape et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Bibionoidea by Hong (1983).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1946	Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf p. 44
1983	Parapleciidae Hong p. 122
1992	Paraxymyiidae Carpenter
2007	Paraxymyiidae Blagoderov and Grimaldi p. 14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea
family	Paraxymyiidae
family	Paraxymyiidae

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.

Fm. †Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf 1946

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G. †Arcus Hong 1983

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†Arcus beipiaoensis Hong 1983

Subfm. †Eomycetophilinae Ansorge 1996

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G. †Complecia Blagoderov 1999

†Complecia clara Blagoderov 1999

G. †Eomycetophila Kovalev 1990

†Eomycetophila asymmetrica Kovalev 1990

G. †Fera Hong 1983

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†Fera jurassica Hong 1983

†Fera parva Hong 1983

G. †Paraxymyia Rohdendorf 1946

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†Paraxymyia bianguliradia Blagoderov 1999

†Paraxymyia mongolica Blagoderov 1999

†Paraxymyia quadriradialis Rohdendorf 1946

G. †Veriplecia Blagoderov 1999

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†Veriplecia handlirschi Blagoderov 1999

†Veriplecia rugosa Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007

G. †Virginiptera Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007

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†Virginiptera certa Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007

†Virginiptera lativentra Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007

†Virginiptera similis Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007

Invalid names: Parapleciidae Hong 1983 [synonym], Paraxymyiinae Rohdendorf 1946 [empty]

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: base of the Norian to the top of the Tithonian or 228.00000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	Australia (Queensland)	Veriplecia handlirschi (113431)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	USA (North Carolina)	Veriplecia rugosa (55493) Virginiptera certa, Virginiptera similis, Virginiptera lativentra (106479)
Toarcian	182.7 - 174.1	Kyrgyzstan (Batken)	Paraxymyia bianguliradia (105003)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	Paraxymyia quadriradialis (115717)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	China (Liaoning)	Fera jurassica, Fera parva, Paraplecia ovata, Arcus beipiaoensis (154730)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Mongolia	Paraxymyia mongolica, Complecia clara (104748)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Russian Federation (Chita)	Eomycetophila asymmetrica (119397)