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Oxycera

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Taxonomy
Oxycera was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Stratiomyidae by Aldrich (1905), James (1937), Carpenter (1992).

Species
O. contusa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Oxycera Meigen p. 265
1905Oxycera Aldrich p. 190
1908Hermione Bezzi pp. 76, 83
1937Oxycera James p. 245
1940Hermione Statz p. 128 figs. Pl XXIII fig 58
1992Oxycera Carpenter

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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
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
infraorderStratiomyomorpha
familyStratiomyidae()
genusOxycera

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. Oxycera Meigen 1803
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†Oxycera contusa Cockerell 1917
Invalid names: Hermione Bezzi 1908 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) O. contusa (122977)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Hermione sp larva (122010)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) O. sp. (122488)