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Dilophus

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Dilophus Meigen p. 264
1905Dilophus Aldrich p. 167
1983Dilophus Harris p. 98
1992Dilophus Carpenter
2009Dilophus Skartveit p. 31
2014Dilophus Wappler et al. p. 9
2019Dilophus Nel et al. p. 530
2020Dilophus Skartveit and Ansorge p. 169
2021Dilophus Skartveit and Wedmann p. 53
2025Dilophus Skartveit et al. p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeDilophini
genusDilophus

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. Dilophus Meigen 1803
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†Dilophus anasiformis Dürrenfeldt 1968
†Dilophus andrewrossi Nel et al. 2019
†Dilophus campbelli Harris 1983
†Dilophus cerestensis Nel et al. 2022
†Dilophus crassicornis Skartveit 2009
†Dilophus duerrenfeldti Skartveit et al. 2025
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Invalid names: Bibio tenuis Dürrenfeldt 1968 [replaced]
†Dilophus flavipes Skartveit et al. 2025
†Dilophus idanos Fitzgerald and Greenwalt 2022
†Dilophus krantzii von Heyden 1870
†Dilophus luteipennis Theobald 1937
†Dilophus magnus Dürrenfeldt 1968
†Dilophus matilei Waller et al. 2000
†Dilophus palaeofebrilis Skartveit 2009
†Dilophus pinguis Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Bibio pinguis radobojanus Heer 1849 [objective synonym]
†Dilophus plionanus Skartveit et al. 2025
†Dilophus priscus Loew 1850
†Dilophus pumilio Skartveit and Pika 2014
†Dilophus succineus Skartveit 2009
Invalid names: Bibio pinguis oeningensis Heer 1849 [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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan - Bortonian56.0 - 39.1New Zealand D. campbelli (119708)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) D. idanos (135666)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation D. crassicornis, D. palaeofebrilis (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. andrewrossi (123959 123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) D. sp., D. crassicornis (217198) D. sp., D. crassicornis, D. succineus (124517)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland D. priscus (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Gard) D. sp. (144529)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Bibio detractus (122535) D. cerestensis (157327)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France D. sp. (139949)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Alpes-de-Haute) D. sp. (164936)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany D. sp. (122407)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Bibio luteipennis (122488)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) D. sp. (122501)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) D. sp. 1 (122010)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany D. krantzii (123945 154946)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic D. matilei (156229)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Bibio pinguis (117260) D. pumilio (117252)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Bibio pinguis (117246 117761) D. pinguis (224110)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Iceland D. sp. (154940)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) D. flavipes, D. plionanus (167949) D. magnus, Bibio anasiformis, Bibio tenuis, D. flavipes (109196) D. magnus, D. flavipes (155690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) D. sp. (163070 163075)