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Cheilotrichia (Empeda)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Empeda Osten Sacken p. 183
1905Empeda Aldrich p. 86
1931Erioptera (Empeda) Alexander p. 105
1992Empeda Carpenter
1994Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Evenhuis
1996Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Gelhaus and Johnson p. 59
1999Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Podenas p. 243
2013Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Kopeć and Kania p. 538
2019Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Krzemiński p. 508
2025Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Kopeć et al. p. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
genusCheilotrichiaRossi 1848
subgenusEmpeda()

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.

Subg. Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Osten Sacken 1869
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†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cretacea Gelhaus and Johnson 1996
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) gallica Kopeć et al. 2025
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Invalid names: Gonomyia grisea Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Empeda elongata Meunier 1906 [synonym], Empeda prolifica Meunier 1906 [synonym]
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) oisensis Kopeć et al. 2025
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) palaeocenica Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1994
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) weitschati Kopeć and Kania 2013
Empeda stigmatica Osten-Sacken 1869
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 Turonian to the top of the Priabonian or 93.90000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Cheilotrichia cretacea (105001)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Cheilotrichia oisensis, Cheilotrichia gallica (123850)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Cheilotrichia palaeocenica (107340)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Cheilotrichia budrysi (123977)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (153882)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Cheilotrichia weitschati (129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Empeda ferruginea (123959) Empeda hyalina, Gonomyia grisea (123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cheilotrichia bella (140808) Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (123962) Erioptera minuta (127170) Erioptera minuta, Empeda schummeli, Erioptera duplicata, Erioptera diacantha, Erioptera subabortiva, Erioptera rectistyla, Empeda prolifica, Empeda elongata (123927) Erioptera minuta, Erioptera platyphylla, Erioptera duplicata, Erioptera axillaris, Empeda prolifica (124073)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (110737 120813 123215)