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Geranomyia

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Geranomyia was named by Haliday (1833). It is extant. Its type is Geranomyia unicolor.

It was assigned to Tipulidae by Aldrich (1905); to Limoniini by Gentilini (1986); and to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Geranomyia Haliday p. 154
1905Geranomyia Aldrich p. 77
1986Geranomyia Gentilini p. 181
1994Geranomyia Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
tribeLimoniini
genusGeranomyiaHaliday 1833

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. Geranomyia Haliday 1833
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Geranomyia euchara Podenas and Poinar 2001
Geranomyia messiniana Gentilini 1986
Geranomyia unicolor Haliday 1833
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Messinian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic G. euchara (122472)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy G. messiniana (113886)