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Platypezidae (flat-footed fly)
Taxonomy
Platypezidae was named by Fallen (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Cyclorrhapha by Grimaldi and Cumming (1999); and to Platypezoidea by Yeates et al. (2007), Wiegmann et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Cyclorrhapha by Grimaldi and Cumming (1999); and to Platypezoidea by Yeates et al. (2007), Wiegmann et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Platypezidae Fallen p. 1 |
| 1992 | Platypezidae Carpenter |
| 1999 | Platypezidae Grimaldi and Cumming p. 76 |
| 2007 | Platypezidae Yeates et al. |
| 2011 | Platypezidae Wiegmann 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.
Fm. Platypezidae Fallen 1815 [flat-footed fly]
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G. Lindneromyia Kessel 1965
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†Lindneromyia dominicana Grimaldi 2018
†Lindneromyia neomedialis Grimaldi 2018
G. Microsania Zetterstedt 1837
Subfm. Platypezininae Kessel and Maggioncalda 1968
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G. †Parnasos Mostovski 1995
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†Parnasos dissimilis Mostovski 1995
†Parnasos firmipes Mostovski 1995
†Parnasos pessimus 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
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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
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 |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Lebanopeza azari (122471) Platypezidae indet. (122359) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Proplatypeza secunda, Proplatypeza bontsaganica (103657) | |
| Aptian | Russian 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) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Mesopetia tuanwangensis (125196) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Calvopeza divergens, Chandleromyia anomala (111688) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Burmapeza radicis, Calvopeza divergens (123113) | |
| Turonian | USA (New Jersey) | Electrosania cretica (110895) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) | Promittor malus, Oloplatypeza munusculum (105375) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Canadopeza biacrosticha (122389) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Callomyia hypolitha (106481) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Callomyia torporata (122092) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Montana) | Agathomyia eocenica (135666) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Microsania sp. (123493) Oppenheimiella baltica (123927) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Eucallimyia fortis (144782) Mecistoneuron perpetuum (106379) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Lindneromyia neomedialis, Lindneromyia dominicana (122982) |