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Milichiidae

Insecta - Diptera - Milichiidae

Taxonomy
Milichiidae was named by Schiner (1864). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Schizophora by Wiegmann et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Milichiidae Schiner p. 296
1992Milichiidae Carpenter
2011Milichiidae Wiegmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
familyMilichiidaeSchiner 1864
familyMilichiidaeSchiner 1864

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. Milichiidae Schiner 1864
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Subfm. Madizinae Czerny 1909
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G. †Pseudodesmometopa Hennig 1971
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Subfm. Milichiinae Schiner 1864
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G. Milichiella Giglio-Tos 1895
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†Milichiella archaia Brake 2006
†Milichiella dominicana Brake 2006
†Milichiella hennigi Brake 2006
†Milichiella margaretae Brake 2006
†Milichiella theodori Brake 2006
G. Pholeomyia Bilimek 1867
Subfm. Phyllomyzinae Brake 2000
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G. Phyllomyza Fallen 1810
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†Phyllomyza hurdi Sabrosky 1963
†Phyllomyza jaegeri Hennig 1967
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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 70.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Milichiidae indet. (109025)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Phyllomyza jaegeri (123757) Pseudodesmometopa succineum (120814)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Pholeomyia sp. (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Phyllomyza hurdi (140211)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Milichiella archaia, Milichiella dolichosurstyla (122472) Milichiella dolichosurstyla, Milichiella dominicana, Milichiella margaretae, Milichiella quadrisetosa, Milichiella theodori (122982) Milichiella hennigi (122473)