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Architipulinae
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Taxonomy
Architipulidae was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is not extant. Its type is Architipula.
It was synonymized subjectively with Limoniidae by Krzemiński and Kovalev (1988), Kalugina (1988); it was reranked as the subfamily Architipulinae by Kalugina (1985), Kalugina (1986), Krzemiński and Zessin (1990), Krzemiński (1992), Shcherbakov (1995), Zhang (2006), Lukashevich (2009), Gao et al. (2015), Kopeć et al. (2017), Kopeć (2018), Kopeć et al. (2018), Kopeć et al. (2020), Kopeć et al. (2021), Krzemiński et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Nematocera by Handlirsch (1906), Tillyard (1933), Bode (1953), Carpenter (1992); and to Limoniidae by Kalugina (1985), Kalugina (1986), Krzemiński and Zessin (1990), Krzemiński (1992), Shcherbakov (1995), Zhang (2006), Lukashevich (2009), Gao et al. (2015), Kopeć et al. (2017), Kopeć (2018), Kopeć et al. (2018), Kopeć et al. (2020), Kopeć et al. (2021), Krzemiński et al. (2025).
It was synonymized subjectively with Limoniidae by Krzemiński and Kovalev (1988), Kalugina (1988); it was reranked as the subfamily Architipulinae by Kalugina (1985), Kalugina (1986), Krzemiński and Zessin (1990), Krzemiński (1992), Shcherbakov (1995), Zhang (2006), Lukashevich (2009), Gao et al. (2015), Kopeć et al. (2017), Kopeć (2018), Kopeć et al. (2018), Kopeć et al. (2020), Kopeć et al. (2021), Krzemiński et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Nematocera by Handlirsch (1906), Tillyard (1933), Bode (1953), Carpenter (1992); and to Limoniidae by Kalugina (1985), Kalugina (1986), Krzemiński and Zessin (1990), Krzemiński (1992), Shcherbakov (1995), Zhang (2006), Lukashevich (2009), Gao et al. (2015), Kopeć et al. (2017), Kopeć (2018), Kopeć et al. (2018), Kopeć et al. (2020), Kopeć et al. (2021), Krzemiński et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Architipulidae Handlirsch p. 490 |
| 1933 | Architipulidae Tillyard p. 74 |
| 1953 | Architipulidae Bode |
| 1985 | Architipulinae Kalugina p. 56 |
| 1986 | Architipulinae Kalugina p. 115 |
| 1990 | Architipulinae Krzemiński and Zessin p. 39 |
| 1992 | Architipulidae Carpenter |
| 1992 | Architipulinae Krzemiński p. 43 |
| 1995 | Architipulinae Shcherbakov p. 88 |
| 2006 | Architipulinae Zhang p. 116 |
| 2009 | Architipulinae Lukashevich p. 133 |
| 2015 | Architipulinae Gao et al. p. 1791 |
| 2017 | Architipulinae Kopeć et al. p. 2 |
| 2018 | Architipulinae Kopeć p. 94 |
| 2018 | Architipulinae Kopeć et al. p. 166 |
| 2020 | Architipulinae Kopeć et al. p. 501 |
| 2021 | Architipulinae Kopeć et al. p. 2 |
| 2025 | Architipulinae Krzemiński et al. p. 413 |
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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.
Subfm. †Architipulinae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Architipula Handlirsch 1906
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†Architipula acuta Bode 1953
†Architipula aequabilis Bode 1953
†Architipula analiramosa Bode 1953
†Architipula anglicana Tillyard 1933
†Architipula arculifera Bode 1905
†Architipula areolata Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula basiminuta Bode 1953
†Architipula bodei Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula bodeisimilis Bode 1953
†Architipula brunsvicensis Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula chinensis Zhang 2004
†Architipula clara Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula conformis Hao and Ren 2009
†Architipula conspicua Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula crassa Handlirsch 1906
†Architipula debilis Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula dubia Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula elegans Handlirsch 1906
†Architipula formosa Bode 1953
†Architipula fragmentosa Bode 1953
†Architipula insolita Zhang 2006
†Architipula intermedia Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula latealata Bode 1953
†Architipula latipennis Handlirsch 1906
†Architipula maior Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula nana Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula obliqua Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula orientalis Kalugina 1985
†Architipula protipuloides Rohdendorf 1964
†Architipula ptychopteraeformis Bode 1953
†Architipula pulla Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula pusilla Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula robusta Bode 1953
†Architipula seebachi Geinitz 1884
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Invalid names: Architipula seebachiana Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Architipula simplex Handlirsch 1939
†Architipula stigmatica Handlirsch 1906
†Architipula symmetrica Kalugina 1985
†Architipula trichoclada Zhang 2006
†Architipula veris Bode 1953
†Architipula youngi Krzemiński 1992
Invalid names: Architipula (Architipula) Handlirsch 1906 [invalid subgroup], Eoasilidea Bode 1953 [synonym], Liassotipula Tillyard 1933 [synonym], Paratipula Bode 1953 [synonym], Protipula Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Cretolimonia Kalugina 1986
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†Cretolimonia dayana Kopeć 2021
†Cretolimonia excelsa Gao et al. 2015
†Cretolimonia jurassica Lukashevich 2009
†Cretolimonia lukashevichae Kopeć and Krzemiński 2021
†Cretolimonia mikolajczyki Kopeć et al. 2021
†Cretolimonia popovi Kalugina 1986
†Cretolimonia pseudojurassica Krzemiński 2021
†Cretolimonia pygmaea Lukashevich 2009
G. †Dipterodictya Rohdendorf 1961
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†Dipterodictya elongata Krzemiński et al. 2025
†Dipterodictya mirabilis Rohdendorf 1961
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Invalid names: Architipula asiatica Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Architipula radiata Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Architipula turanica Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym]
†Dipterodictya tipuloides Rohdendorf 1961
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Invalid names: Dictyotipula densa Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplarchitipula destructa Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Diplarchitipula multimedialis Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Musidoromima crassinervis Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dictyotipula Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplarchitipula Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Diplopolyneura Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Hyperpolyneura Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Musidoromima Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]
G. †Grimmenia Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
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†Grimmenia prima Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
†Grimmenia secunda Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
†Grimmenia tillyardi Kopeć et al. 2017
G. †Mesotipula Handlirsch 1920
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Subg. †Mesotipula (Irenatipula) Kopeć and Krzemiński 2020
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†Mesotipula (Irenatipula) brevicella Lukashevich 2009
†Mesotipula (Irenatipula) gloriosa Gao et al. 2015
†Mesotipula (Irenatipula) parvula Kalugina 1985
†Mesotipula (Irenatipula) sigmoidea Lukashevich 2009
†Mesotipula (Irenatipula) undinella Kopeć and Krzemiński 2020
Subg. †Mesotipula (Mesotipula) Handlirsch 1920
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†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) brachyptera Handlirsch 1920
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Invalid names: Architipula parva Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Mesotipula curvata Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) lapidaria Handlirsch 1906
†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) mirabilis Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) siggiae Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) slatteri Kopeć 2018
†Mesotipula (Mesotipula) vicina Handlirsch 1939
Subg. †Mesotipula (Metatipula) Lukashevich 2009
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†Mesotipula (Metatipula) continens Lukashevich 2009
†Mesotipula (Metatipula) jacutica Kopeć 2020
†Mesotipula (Metatipula) popovi Kopeć 2020
†Mesotipula spasskia Kalugina 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 241.46400 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ladinian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Mabelysia charlesi (106090) | |
| Norian | USA (North Carolina) | Architipula youngi (55493) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) | Architipula radiata, Architipula turanica, Architipula asiatica, Diplarchitipula destructa, Dipterodictya elongata (105087) Diplopolyneura mirabilis, Musidoromima crassinervis, Dictyotipula densa, Diplarchitipula multimedialis, Dipterodictya tipuloides, Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides, Dipterodictya elongata (105086) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Architipula bodei, Paratipula acuta, Architipula arculifera (107556) Mikrotipula dixaeformis, Paratipula robusta, Paratipula basiminuta (107552) Ozotipula tarda, Architipula bodeisimilis, Paratipula formosa (107321) Paratipula analiramosa, Paratipula veris, Paratipula aequabilis, Paratipula latealata, Eoasilidea fragmentosa (107323) Paratipula brunsvicensis (107555) Paratipula ptychopteraeformis (105002) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Mesotipula siggiae, Mesotipula mirabilis, Mesotipula vicina, Architipula prima, Architipula secunda (114992) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Architipula minuta (122986) Mesotipula brachyptera, Architipula elegans, Phryganidium seebachi, Architipula latipennis, Architipula stigmatica, Protipula crassa, Eotipula lapidaria, Mesotipula curvata, Architipula pusilla, Architipula nana, Architipula minuta, Architipula parva, Architipula pulla, Architipula debilis, Architipula geinitzi, Architipula vicina, Architipula simplex, Architipula intermedia, Architipula obliqua, Architipula areolata, Architipula maior, Architipula conspicua, Architipula clara, Architipula dubia, Phryganidium seebachi (123987) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Architipula anglicana, Mesotipula slatteri (153651) | |
| Falciferum | Germany | Architipula bodei, Architipula clara (192037) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Architipula sp. (234543) Grimmenia tillyardi, Mesotipula slatteri (115219) Liassotipula anglicana (154307) | |
| Bajocian - Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Praearchitipula parvula, Architipula orientalis, Architipula symmetrica (118010) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Architipula chinensis (113371) Architipula conformis (112664) Architipula trichoclada, Architipula insolita (113372) Cretolimonia excelsa, Mesotipula gloriosa (172659) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Architipula protipuloides (115717) | |
| Oxfordian | Russian Federation (Buryat) | Praearchitipula spasskia (105017) | |
| Tithonian | Mongolia | Architipula ampla, Mesotipula sigmoidea, Mesotipula brevicella, Mesotipula continens, Cretolimonia jurassica, Cretolimonia pygmaea (121394) Architipula krzeminskii (165041) Architipula krzeminskii, Architipula ampla, Mesotipula sigmoidea, Mesotipula continens (104748) | |
| Tithonian | Russian Federation (Chita) | Cretolimonia dayana (114307) Cretolimonia lukashevichae, Cretolimonia pseudojurassica (125407) Mesotipula undinella (123197) | |
| Berriasian - Barremian | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | Mesotipula jacutica (110818) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) | Cretolimonia popovi (104054) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Govi-Altai) | Cretolimonia popovi (122332) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Mesotipula popovi (103657) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Cretolimonia sp. (113350) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Cretolimonia mikolajczyki (187929) |