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Blepharicerinae

Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae

Taxonomy
Blepharicerinae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Blephariceridae by Lukashevich and Shcherbakov (1997), Lukashevich and Vorontsov (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Blepharicerinae Loew
1997Blepharicerinae Lukashevich and Shcherbakov p. 640
2022Blepharicerinae Lukashevich and Vorontsov p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderBlephariceromorpha
familyBlephariceridaeLoew 1862
subfamilyBlepharicerinaeLoew 1862
subfamilyBlepharicerinaeLoew 1862

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. Blepharicerinae Loew 1862
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G. †Megathon Lukashevich and Shcherbakov 1997
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†Megathon brodskyi Zhang and Lukashevich 2007
†Megathon zwicki Lukashevich and Shcherbakov 1997
G. †Zwickina Lukashevich and Vorontsov 2022
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†Zwickina minaevi Lukashevich and Vorontsov 2022
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 Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 165.30000 to 72.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Megathon brodskyi (113371)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Zwickina minaevi (190961)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Megathon zwicki (105375)