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Porricondylinae

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Taxonomy

Porricondylinae was named by Kieffer (1913). It is extant. Its type is Porricondyla.

It was assigned to Cecidomyiidae by Gagné (1977), Fedotova (2005), Gagné and Jaschhof (2014), Fedotova and Perkovsky (2017), Fedotova and Perkovsky (2017), Azar and Nel (2020), Jaschhof (2021), Fedotova and Perkovsky (2024).

Subtaxa

Asynaptini, Cecidomyia spectabilis, Diadocidia bifurcata, Diadocidiini, Dicerurini, Meunieria, Palaeospaniocera, Porricondylini (syn. Holoneurini, Bryocryptini)

Synonyms

Diadocidia bifurcata was named by Fedotova (2004). Its type specimen is SIZK UA-1372, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).
Cecidomyia spectabilis was named by Meunier (1899). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 14478 VI 8318, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1899	Cecidomyia spectabilis Meunier p. 161 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1913	Porricondylinae Kieffer
1977	Porricondylinae Gagné p. 60
2004	Diadocidia bifurcata Fedotova p. 544 fig. 6
2005	Porricondylinae Fedotova p. 43
2014	Porricondylinae Gagné and Jaschhof
2017	Porricondylinae Fedotova and Perkovsky p. 24
2020	Porricondylinae Azar and Nel p. 532
2021	Porricondylinae Jaschhof
2024	Porricondylinae Fedotova and Perkovsky p. 148

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea
family	Cecidomyiidae
subfamily	Porricondylinae	Kieffer 1913
subfamily	Porricondylinae	Kieffer 1913

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. Porricondylinae Kieffer 1913

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Tr. Asynaptini Enderlein 1920

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G. Asynapta Loew 1850

Invalid names: Rubsaamenia Kieffer 1894 [synonym]

G. Camptomyia Kieffer 1894

†Camptomyia aufuga Fedotova 2004

†Camptomyia sinuosa Meunier 1904

G. Colomyia Kieffer 1892

Subtr. †Vladimiretskiana Fedotova and Perkovsky 2024

G. †Vladimiretskia Fedotova and Perkovsky 2024

†Vladimiretskia nathani Fedotova and Perkovsky 2024

Tr. Dicerurini Mamaev 1966

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G. †Adsumyia Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

†Adsumyia integra Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

G. †Cretadicerura Azar and Nel 2020

†Cretadicerura salimi Azar and Nel 2020

G. †Velafacera Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

†Velafacera vectabilis Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

G. †Meunieria Kieffer 1904

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†Meunieria succini Felt 1911

G. †Palaeospaniocera Meunier 1901

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†Palaeospaniocera paleospaniocera Evenhuis 1994

Tr. Porricondylini Kieffer 1913

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G. Bryocrypta Kieffer 1896

†Bryocrypta catenulata Fedotova 2005

†Bryocrypta concinna Fedotova 2005

†Bryocrypta elegantula Meunier 1904

†Bryocrypta fagioides Meunier 1904

†Bryocrypta vetusta Meunier 1904

G. †Gratomyia Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

†Gratomyia inexigentis Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

G. Porricondyla Rondani 1840

†Porricondyla brevicornis Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla curvinervis Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla elegantula Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla gibbosa Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla magnifica Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla minuta Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla noduliformis Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla titana Meunier 1904

†Porricondyla xylophaga Meunier 1904

Invalid names: Dicroneurus Kieffer 1895 [synonym], Epidosis Loew 1850 [synonym]

G. †Volnococcopsis Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

†Volnococcopsis korniushini Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008

Invalid names: Bryocryptini Mamaev 1966 [synonym], Holoneurini Enderlein 1936 [synonym]

Invalid names: Cecidomyia spectabilis Meunier 1899 [nomen dubium], Diadocidia bifurcata Fedotova 2004 [nomen dubium], Diadocidiini Winnertz 1863 [empty]

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Priabonian or 132.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	Austria	Porricondylinae indet. (119479)
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Lebanon	Cretadicerura salimi (123416)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Ukraine	Adsumyia integra, Diadocidia bifurcata, Camptomyia aufuga, Bryocrypta catenulata, Bryocrypta laqueata (113621) Bryocrypta concinna (122997) Gratomyia inexigentis (122999) Rovnoholoneurus davidi, Rovnoholoneurus miyae (185682) Velafacera vectabilis, Volnococcopsis korniushini (122996) Vladimiretskia nathani (207953)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Bryocrypta vetusta, Bryocrypta elegantula, Bryocrypta fagioides, Colpodia xylophaga, Colpodia curvinervis, Colpodia brevicornis, Epidosis magnificus, Epidosis elegantulus, Epidosis gibbosa, Epidosis minuta, Epidosis noduliformis, Epidosis titana, Camptomyia sinuosa, Colomyia sp., Rubsaamenia sp., Cecidomyia spectabilis, Palaeospaniocera sp., Miastor sp. (123927)