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Mythicomyiidae

Insecta - Diptera - Mythicomyiidae

Taxonomy

Mythicomyiidae was named by Melander (1902). It is extant. Its type is Mythicomyia.

It was reranked as the tribe Mythicomyiini by Hennig (1966).

It was assigned to Cyrtosiinae by Hennig (1966); to Asiloidea by Grimaldi et al. (2011); and to Bombylioidea by Nel and De Ploeg (2004) and Myskowiak et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Acrocera hirsuta, Glabellulinae, Microburmyia, Mythicomyiinae, Psiloderoidinae

Synonyms

Acrocera hirsuta was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Acrocera hirsuta Scudder p. 755
1890	Acrocera hirsuta Scudder p. 563 figs. Pl 5 fig 5
1902	Mythicomyiidae Melander
1966	Mythicomyiini Hennig p. 14
2004	Mythicomyiidae Nel and De Ploeg
2011	Mythicomyiidae Grimaldi et al. p. 312
2016	Mythicomyiidae Myskowiak et al. p. 583

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
superfamily	Asiloidea
family	Mythicomyiidae	Melander 1902
family	Mythicomyiidae	Melander 1902

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. Mythicomyiidae Melander 1902

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Subfm. Glabellulinae Cockerell 1914

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G. †Eurodoliopteryx Nel 2006

†Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus Nel 2006

G. Glabellula Bezzi 1902

†Glabellula aggregata Evenhuis 2013

†Glabellula brunnifrons Evenhuis 2002

†Glabellula electrica Hennig 1966

†Glabellula grimaldii Evenhuis 2002

†Glabellula hannemanni Schumann 1991

†Glabellula kuehnei Schlüter 1976

†Glabellula perkovskyi Evenhuis 2013

Invalid names: Proglabellula Hennig 1966 [synonym]

G. †Microburmyia Grimaldi and Cumming 2011

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†Microburmyia analvena Grimaldi and Cumming 2011

†Microburmyia veanalvena Grimaldi and Cumming 2011

Subfm. Mythicomyiinae Melander 1902

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G. Mythenteles Hall and Evenhuis 1986

†Mythenteles baltica Evenhuis 2002

G. Mythicomyia Coquillet 1893

†Mythicomyia dominicana Evenhuis 2002

G. Pieza Evenhuis 2002

†Pieza dominicana Evenhuis 2002

G. Reissa Evenhuis and Báez 2001

†Reissa kohlsi Evenhuis 2019

G. †Riga Evenhuis 2013

†Riga toni Evenhuis 2013

Subfm. Psiloderoidinae Hull 1967

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G. †Borissovia Evenhuis 2002

†Borissovia rohdendorfi Zaitzev 1986

G. †Carmenelectra Evenhuis 2002

†Carmenelectra pernigra Evenhuis 2013

†Carmenelectra shechisme Evenhuis 2002

†Carmenelectra shehuggme Evenhuis 2013

G. †Eoacridophagus Myskowiak et al. 2016

†Eoacridophagus azari Myskowiak et al. 2016

G. †Palaeoplatypygus Kovalev 1985

†Palaeoplatypygus zaitzevi Kovalev 1985

G. †Procyrtosia Zaitzev 1986

†Procyrtosia sukatshevae Zaitzev 1986

G. †Proplatypygus Hennig 1969

†Proplatypygus matilei Nel and De Ploeg 2004

†Proplatypygus succineus Hennig 1969

Invalid names: Acrocera hirsuta Scudder 1877 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Langhian or 170.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian	170.3 - 166.1	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	Palaeoplatypygus zaitzevi (118010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Myanmar	Microburmyia analvena (123116) Microburmyia veanalvena (111688)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Russian Federation	Proplatypygus rohdendorfi, Procyrtosia sukatshevae (122590)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Oise)	Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus (123421) Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus, Proplatypygus matilei, Eoacridophagus azari (123850)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Utah)	Acrocera hirsuta (121147)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	Reissa kohlsi (192071)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Denmark	Proglabellula electrica, Proplatypygus succineus (123762)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Carmenelectra shehuggme, Riga toni (153882) Glabellula aggregata, Glabellula perkovskyi (122995)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Glabellula hannemanni (123493 151998) Mythenteles baltica (124517) Mythenteles baltica, Carmenelectra pernigra (151999) Mythenteles baltica, Carmenelectra shechisme (152000)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation	Glabellula electrica, Carmenelectra shechisme, Proplatypygus succineus (123419)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	Glabellula hannemanni (129227)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Glabellula kuehnei (157225) Pieza dominicana, Glabellula brunnifrons, Glabellula grimaldii, Glabellula kuehnei, Mythicomyia dominicana (122982)