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Macrocera
Taxonomy
Macrocera was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant. It is the type genus of Macrocerinae, Macrocerini.
It was assigned to Macrocerinae by Johannsen (1909) and Statz (1944); to Mycetophilidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Macrocerini by Matile (1990), Evenhuis (2006) and Mantič et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Macrocerinae by Johannsen (1909) and Statz (1944); to Mycetophilidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Macrocerini by Matile (1990), Evenhuis (2006) and Mantič et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1803 | Macrocera Meigen p. 261 |
| 1899 | Macrocera grandis Meunier p. 163 |
| 1899 | Macrocera minuta Meunier p. 163 |
| 1905 | Macrocera Aldrich p. 147 |
| 1909 | Macrocera Johannsen p. 28 |
| 1938 | Promacrocera Armbruster p. 118 |
| 1944 | Macrocera Statz p. 70 |
| 1990 | Macrocera Matile p. 159 |
| 1992 | Macrocera Carpenter |
| 1992 | Promacrocera Carpenter |
| 2006 | Macrocera Evenhuis p. 31 |
| 2020 | Macrocera Mantič et al. |
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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. Macrocera Meigen 1803
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†Macrocera apithanos Kerr and Greenwalt 2022
†Macrocera archaica Armbruster 1938
†Macrocera electricornis Evenhuis 2006
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Invalid names: Macrocera longicornis Meunier 1904 [replaced]
†Macrocera obliqua Cockerell 1921
†Macrocera umbonata Statz 1944
Invalid names: Macrocera grandis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Macrocera minuta Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Promacrocera Armbruster 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | USA (Montana) | M. apithanos (135666 203699) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | M. longicornis (123927) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Platyura obliqua (123959) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | M. umbonata (122010) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Promacrocera archaica (127613) |