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Tephritidae (fruit fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Tephritidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Tephritidae Newman p. 396
1992Tephritidae Carpenter
2011Tephritidae Wiegmann et al.
2016Tephritidae Han and Ro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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()
—Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyTephritidae
familyTephritidae

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. Tephritidae Newman 1834 [fruit fly]
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Subfm. Blepharoneurinae Korneyev 1994
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G. Ceratodacus Hendel 1914
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†Ceratodacus priscus Norrbom and Condon 1999
G. †Problepharoneura Norrbom and Condon 1999
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†Problepharoneura antiqua Norrbom and Condon 1999
G. Cesaspheniscus Kocak and Kemal 2009
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Invalid names: Paraspheniscus Hendel 1927 [replaced]
G. †Psilites Heer 1849
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†Psilites bella Heer 1849
Subfm. Tephritinae Newman 1834
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Tr. Tephritini Newman 1834
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G. †Mioacinia Gentilini and Korneyev 2006
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†Mioacinia adriatica Gentilini and Korneyev 2006
G. Tephritis Latreille 1804
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†Tephritis sophus Gentilini and Korneyev 2006
Subfm. Trypetinae Pascoe 1870
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Tr. Ceratitini Bezzi 1910
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G. Ceratitis MacLeay 1829
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Subg. Ceratitis (Pterandrus) Bezzi 1918
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G. Trirhithrum Bezzi 1918
Tr. Ortalotrypetini Ito 1983
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G. †Protortalotrypeta Norrbom 1994
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G. Oxyna Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Tr. Trypetini Pascoe 1870
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Subtr. Chetostomatina Han 1999
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G. Chetostoma Rondani 1856
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†Chetostoma antiqua Heer 1849
G. Myoleja Rondani 1856
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†Myoleja clotho Korneyev 1982
Subtr. Trypetina Pascoe 1870
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G. Acidiella Hendel 1914
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Invalid names: Pseudacidia Shiraki 1933 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03China (Liaoning) Trypetidae indet. (162504)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ceratodacus priscus (122472) Problepharoneura antiqua (122473) Protortalotrypeta grimaldii (125970)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Pseudacidia clotho (105571)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Psilites bella (117761) Tephritis antiqua (117246)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Tephritis sophus, Mioacinia adriatica (157306)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ceratitis rosa, Trirhithrum sp. (167932)