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Proceroplatus

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Taxonomy
Proceroplatus was named by Edwards (1925). It is extant.

It was assigned to Keroplatidae by Schmalfuss (1979); to Mycetophilidae by Carpenter (1992); to Orfeliini by Evenhuis (2006), Penney et al. (2013); and to Keroplatinae by Mantič et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Proceroplatus Edwards p. 523
1979Proceroplatus Schmalfuss p. 3
1992Proceroplatus Carpenter
2006Proceroplatus Evenhuis p. 69
2013Proceroplatus Penney et al. p. 594
2020Proceroplatus Mantič et al.

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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
superfamilySciaroidea
familyKeroplatidaeRondani 1856
subfamilyKeroplatinaeRondani 1856
genusProceroplatusEdwards 1925

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. Proceroplatus Edwards 1925
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Proceroplatus hennigi Schmalfuss 1979
Proceroplatus preziosii Evenhuis and Penney 2013
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. hennigi (122474) P. preziosii (151922)