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Ephydridae (shore fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Ephydridae
Taxonomy
Ephydridae was named by Zetterstedt (1837). It is extant. Its type is Ephydra.
It was assigned to Ephydroidea by Evenhuis (1994), Wiegmann et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Ephydroidea by Evenhuis (1994), Wiegmann et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
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by M. Clapham on 2012-02-21; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-02-12
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Ephydridae Zetterstedt |
| 1915 | Sphaerocera sepultula Cockerell p. 497 figs. Pl 63, fig 3 |
| 1994 | Ephydridae Evenhuis |
| 2011 | Ephydridae Wiegmann et al. |
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Fm. Ephydridae Zetterstedt 1837 [shore fly]
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Invalid names: Sphaerocera sepultula Cockerell 1915 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Protoscinis perparvus, Sphaerocera sepultula (123959) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Brachydeutera sp. (21977) |