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Micropezidae (stilt-legged fly)
Taxonomy
Micropezidae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Micropeza.
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Nerioidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011), Lonsdale (2020).
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Nerioidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011), Lonsdale (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Micropezidae Loew p. 38 |
| 1992 | Micropezidae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Micropezidae Wiegmann et al. |
| 2020 | Micropezidae Lonsdale p. 39 |
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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. Micropezidae Loew 1862 [stilt-legged fly]
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Subfm. Calobatinae Bigot 1853
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G. Calobata Meigen 1803
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†Calobata rottensis Statz 1940
Invalid names: Trepidaria Meigen 1908 [synonym]
G. †Electrobata Hennig 1965
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†Electrobata myrmecia Hennig 1965
†Electrobata tertiaria Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Trepidariinae [empty]
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 Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Denmark | Electrobata sp. (123762) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Cypselosomatites succini (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Calobata tertiaria (123927) Cypselosomatites succini, Electrobata myrmecia (123926) Electrobata myrmecia (123928) Electrobata tertiaria (123771) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Trepidaria rottensis (122010) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Micropeza prompta (140788) |