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Brachypeza

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Brachypeza Winnertz p. 806
1890Brachypeza Scudder p. 591
1909Brachypeza Johannsen p. 101
1992Brachypeza Carpenter
2009Brachypeza Rindal et al.
2021Brachypeza Oliveira and Amorim p. 105
2024Brachypeza Boudet et al. p. 710

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyMycetophilinae
tribeExechiiniEnderlein 1936
genusBrachypeza

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. Brachypeza Winnertz 1863
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Subg. Brachypeza (Ristocordyla) Rindal and Søli 2010
Brachypeza abita Scudder 1877
Brachypeza graciosa Meunier 1917
Brachypeza grandis Meunier 1917
Brachypeza procera Scudder 1877
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the MP 30 or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) B. abita, B. procera (121480)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) B. grandis (123927) B. sp. (123936)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. graciosa (138696)