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Platypezidae (flat-footed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Platypezidae Fallen p. 1
1992Platypezidae Carpenter
1999Platypezidae Grimaldi and Cumming p. 76
2007Platypezidae Yeates et al.
2011Platypezidae Wiegmann 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
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPlatypezidaeFallen 1815
familyPlatypezidaeFallen 1815

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.

Fm. Platypezidae Fallen 1815 [flat-footed fly]
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G. Agathomyia Verral 1901
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Agathomyia eocenica Tkoč 2019
G. †Burmapeza Grimaldi 2018
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Burmapeza radicis Grimaldi 2018
G. Callomyia Meigen 1804
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Callomyia hypolitha Cockerell 1909
Callomyia torporata Scudder 1890
G. †Calvopeza Grimaldi 2018
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Calvopeza divergens Grimaldi 2018
G. †Canadopeza Grimaldi 2018
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Canadopeza biacrosticha Grimaldi 2018
G. †Chandleromyia Grimaldi 2018
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Chandleromyia anomala Grimaldi 2018
G. †Electrosania Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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Electrosania cretica Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Lebanopeza Grimaldi 2018
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Lebanopeza azari Grimaldi 2018
G. Lindneromyia Kessel 1965
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Lindneromyia dominicana Grimaldi 2018
Lindneromyia neomedialis Grimaldi 2018
G. †Mecistoneuron Melander 1949
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Mecistoneuron perpetuum Melander 1949
G. †Mesopetia Zhang 1987
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G. Microsania Zetterstedt 1837
G. †Oppenheimiella Meunier 1893
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Oppenheimiella baltica Meunier 1893
Subfm. Platypezininae Kessel and Maggioncalda 1968
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G. †Eucallimyia Cockerell 1911
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Eucallimyia fortis Cockerell 1911
G. †Maritulus Mostovski 1995
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Maritulus sospes Mostovski 1995
G. †Oloplatypeza Mostovski 1995
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Oloplatypeza munusculum Mostovski 1995
G. †Parnasos Mostovski 1995
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Parnasos dissimilis Mostovski 1995
Parnasos firmipes Mostovski 1995
Parnasos pessimus Mostovski 1995
G. †Promittor Mostovski 1995
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Promittor malus Mostovski 1995
G. †Proplatypeza Mostovski 1995
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Proplatypeza amabilis Mostovski 1995
Proplatypeza bontsaganica Mostovski 1995
Proplatypeza caelebs Mostovski 1995
Proplatypeza parva Mostovski 1995
Proplatypeza secunda Mostovski 1995
Invalid names: Clythiidae [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 125.77000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Lebanopeza azari (122471) Platypezidae indet. (122359)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Maritulus sospes (125791 125797) Maritulus sospes, Parnasos firmipes, Parnasos pessimus, Proplatypeza parva, Proplatypeza amabilis (122549) Parnasos dissimilis, Parnasos pessimus, Proplatypeza parva, Proplatypeza caelebs, Proplatypeza amabilis (119498) Parnasos firmipes (113353) Parnasos pessimus (106103) Parnasos pessimus, Proplatypeza parva, Proplatypeza amabilis (119441) Proplatypeza amabilis (125413)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Proplatypeza secunda, Proplatypeza bontsaganica (103657)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Shandong) Mesopetia tuanwangensis (125196)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Burmapeza radicis, Calvopeza divergens (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Calvopeza divergens, Chandleromyia anomala (111688)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Electrosania cretica (110895)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Promittor malus, Oloplatypeza munusculum (105375)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Canadopeza biacrosticha (122389)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Callomyia torporata (122092)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Callomyia hypolitha (106481)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Agathomyia eocenica (135666)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Microsania sp. (123493) Oppenheimiella baltica (123927)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Eucallimyia fortis (144782) Mecistoneuron perpetuum (106379)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Lindneromyia neomedialis, Lindneromyia dominicana (122982)