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Helophilus

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Helophilus was named by Meigen (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eristalinae by Hull (1945); to Helophilini by Hull (1949); and to Helophilina by Kotthoff and Schmid (2005), Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Helophilus Meigen
1945Helophilus Hull p. 332
1949Helophilus Hull p. 386
2005Helophilus Kotthoff and Schmid p. 1092
2015Helophilus Mengual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeEristalini
subtribeHelophilina
genusHelophilusMeigen 1822

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. Helophilus Meigen 1822
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Helophilus nothobombus Kotthoff and Schmid 2005
Helophilus villeneuvi Theobald 1937
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: base of the Chattian to the top of the MN 5 or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) H. villeneuvi (113712)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) H. nothobombus (109058)