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Metopininae

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy

Metopininae was named by Peterson (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phoridae by Statz (1940) and Peterson (1987); and to Neophorida by Brown et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Apocephalus, Gymnophora, Gymnophorini, Latiarista, Megaselia, Metopinini, Myriophora, Puliciphora, Sinophoritis

Synonyms

Latiarista was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002), Hong (2002).
Latiarista intermixta was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002), Hong (2002).
Sinophoritis was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002), Hong (2002).
Sinophoritis bikerkosa was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002), Hong (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Metopininae Peterson
1940	Metopininae Statz p. 140
1987	Metopininae Peterson
2002	Latiarista Hong p. 403
2002	Latiarista intermixta Hong p. 404 figs. Pl 34, fig 3; text-figs 2.7.750-761
2002	Sinophoritis Hong p. 406
2002	Sinophoritis bikerkosa Hong p. 407 figs. Pl 33, fig 1; text-fig 2.7.762-776
2015	Metopininae Brown et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
suborder	Cyclorrhapha	()
superfamily	Platypezoidea	Fallen 1815
family	Phoridae
—	Euphorida
—	Neophorida
subfamily	Metopininae	Peterson 1887
subfamily	Metopininae	Peterson 1887

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. Metopininae Peterson 1887

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G. Apocephalus Coquillett 1901

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†Apocephalus chiapanecus Solórzano-Kraemer and Brown 2021

†Apocephalus dominicanus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021

†Apocephalus miocenus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021

†Apocephalus succineus Brown 2000

G. Gymnophora Macquart 1835

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†Gymnophora tertiara Statz 1940

Tr. Gymnophorini Enderlein 1924

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G. Phalacrotophora Enderlein 1912

†Phalacrotophora tertiaria Statz 1940

G. Megaselia Rondani 1856

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Subg. Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) Brues 1903

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inclusa Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) indistincta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inflata Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) infossa Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obruta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obstricta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) praepedita Meunier 1910

Subg. Megaselia (Megaselia) Rondani 1856

†Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) bernsteinae Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina Meunier 1905

†Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia Meunier 1905

†Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) multipalpulata Hong 1981

†Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera Brues 1939

†Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana Brues 1939

G. Myriophora Brown 1992

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†Myriophora asiatica Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021

G. Puliciphora Dahl 1897

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†Puliciphora rontaleri Disney 1996

Invalid names: Latiarista Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Metopinini Peterson 1987 [empty], Sinophoritis Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]

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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	China (Liaoning)	Latiarista intermixta, Sinophoritis bikerkosa (124820) Megaselia multipalpulata (124530)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta insolita (123927) Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta lauta (124073) Megaselia uncifera, Megaselia veterana (124205)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	Megaselia sp. (160861 160862)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	Phalacrotophora tertiaria (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Mexico	Megaselia sp., Apocephalus chiapanecus (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Apocephalus dominicanus (152045) Apocephalus miocenus, Apocephalus succineus (122474) Apocephalus succineus (122473 122982 159268 195100) Megaselia amberae, Megaselia bernsteinae, Megaselia dominicana (122472) Puliciphora rontaleri (123422)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	China (Fujian)	Myriophora asiatica (220273)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Madagascar	Aphiochaeta indistincta, Aphiochaeta inflata (152187)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Phora copalina, Phora ethiopia, Aphiochaeta praepedita, Aphiochaeta inclusa, Aphiochaeta infossa, Aphiochaeta obruta (140788)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Ghana	Aphiochaeta obstricta (152186)