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Tachinidae

Insecta - Diptera - Tachinidae

Taxonomy

Tachinidae was named by Robineau-Desvoidy (1830). It is extant. Its type is Tachina.

It was assigned to Diptera by Scudder (1878); and to Oestroidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Exoristinae, Lithexorista, Muscidites, Myobia multiciliata, Tachininae, Thryptocera media

Synonyms

Thryptocera media was named by Meunier (1905). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Zanzibar Copal (Kunow collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

It was considered a nomen dubium by O'Hara and Cerretti (2016).
Myobia multiciliata was named by Meunier (1905). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Madasgacar Copal (Evers collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Madagascar.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Evenhuis (1994), O'Hara and Cerretti (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1830	Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy p. 185
1878	Tachinidae Scudder p. 756
1905	Myobia multiciliata Meunier p. 91 fig. 2,3
1905	Thryptocera media Meunier p. 212 fig. 8,9
2011	Tachinidae Wiegmann 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	()
—	Schizophora
—	Calyptratae	()
superfamily	Oestroidea	Leach 1815
family	Tachinidae
family	Tachinidae

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.

Fm. Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

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Subfm. Exoristinae

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Tr. Eryciini Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

G. Drino Robineau-Desvoidy 1863

Subg. Drino (Palexorista) Townsend 1921

Drino (Palexorista) solennis Walker 1858

†Drino (Palexorista) succini Giebel 1862

Invalid names: Prosturmia Townsend 1927 [synonym]

Tr. Goniini

G. Masicera Macquart 1834

Invalid names: Sturmiini [empty]

G. †Lithexorista Townsend 1921

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†Lithexorista scudderi Townsend 1921

G. †Muscidites von Heyden and von Heyden 1866

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†Muscidites deperditus von Heyden and von Heyden 1866

Subfm. Tachininae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

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Tr. Siphonini Rondani 1845

G. Actia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Invalid names: Thryptocera Macquart 1834 [synonym]

Tr. Tachinini Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

G. Tachina Meigen 1803

Invalid names: Myobia multiciliata Meunier 1905 [nomen dubium], Thryptocera media Meunier 1905 [nomen dubium]

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 Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Tachina sp. (121306)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Germany	Muscidites deperditus (153056)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Tachina succini (129861) Thryptocera media (140791)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Madagascar	Myobia multiciliata (152187)