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Melieria

Insecta - Diptera - Ulidiidae

Taxonomy
Melieria was named by Robineau-Desvoidy (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Otitidae by Carpenter (1992); to Ulidiidae by Gentilini et al. (2006); and to Otitini by Han and Ro (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Melieria Robineau-Desvoidy p. 715
1992Melieria Carpenter
2006Melieria Gentilini et al. p. 2
2016Melieria Han and Ro

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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
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyUlidiidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyOtitinae()
tribeOtitini
genusMelieria

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. Melieria Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
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Melieria atavina Cockerell 1917
Melieria calligrapha Melander 1949
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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) M. atavina (124624) M. calligrapha (106381)