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Palpomyia

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy

Palpomyia was named by Meigen (1818). It is extant. It is the type genus of Palpomyiini.

It was assigned to Ceratopogoninae by Kieffer (1906); to Ceratopogonidae by Hong (1981); to Chironomidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Palpomyiini by Szadziewski (1988), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Sontag and Szadziewski (2011), Borkent (2013), Szadziewski (2019), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Species

P. edwardsi, P. erikae, P. freyi, P. jantari, P. multispinosa, P. riedeli, P. ryshkoffi, P. shilo, P. succinea, P. unca, P. wirthorum

Synonyms

Miopalpomyia was named by Pierce (1966).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palpomyia by Szadziewski (1988), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

It was assigned to Ceratopogonidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Culicidae by Park and Downing (2001).
Neopalpomyia was named by Pierce (1966).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palpomyia by Szadziewski (1988), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

It was assigned to Ceratopogonidae by Carpenter (1992).
Parapalpomyia was named by Pierce (1966).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palpomyia by Szadziewski (1988), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

It was assigned to Ceratopogonidae by Carpenter (1992).
Eopalpomyitis was named by Hong et al. (2000).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Borkent (2013); it was synonymized subjectively with Palpomyia by Szadziewski (2019), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

It was assigned to Ceratopogoninae by Hong et al. (2000); and to Ceratopogonidae by Hong (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1818	Palpomyia Meigen p. 82
1906	Palpomyia Kieffer p. 61
1966	Miopalpomyia Pierce p. 95
1966	Neopalpomyia Pierce p. 95
1966	Parapalpomyia Pierce p. 97
1981	Palpomyia Hong p. 58
1988	Palpomyia Szadziewski p. 181
1992	Miopalpomyia Carpenter
1992	Neopalpomyia Carpenter
1992	Palpomyia Carpenter
1992	Parapalpomyia Carpenter
1997	Palpomyia Borkent and Wirth p. 130
2000	Eopalpomyitis Hong et al. p. 225
2001	Miopalpomyia Park and Downing p. 179
2002	Eopalpomyitis Hong p. 165
2011	Palpomyia Sontag and Szadziewski p. 793
2013	Palpomyia Borkent p. 162
2019	Palpomyia Szadziewski p. 527
2020	Palpomyia Borkent and Dominiak p. 205

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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
infraorder	Culicomorpha
superfamily	Chironomoidea	Macquart 1838
family	Ceratopogonidae
subfamily	Ceratopogoninae
tribe	Palpomyiini
genus	Palpomyia

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.

G. Palpomyia Meigen 1818

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†Palpomyia edwardsi Cockerell 1921

†Palpomyia erikae Szadziewski 1993

†Palpomyia freyi Pierce 1966

†Palpomyia jantari Szadziewski 1988

†Palpomyia multispinosa Pierce 1966

†Palpomyia riedeli Szadziewski 1988

†Palpomyia ryshkoffi Pierce 1966

†Palpomyia shilo Pierce 1966

†Palpomyia succinea Szadziewski 1988

†Palpomyia unca Hong 1981

†Palpomyia wirthorum Szadziewski and Grogan 1997

Invalid names: Eopalpomyitis Hong et al. 2000 [synonym], Miopalpomyia Pierce 1966 [synonym], Neopalpomyia Pierce 1966 [synonym], Parapalpomyia Pierce 1966 [synonym]

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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 56.00000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	China (Liaoning)	P. unca (124530)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	P. jantari (120813) P. riedeli (153481)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	P. edwardsi (123959)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	P. erikae (129227)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Denmark	P. succinea (123762)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Ukraine	P. sp. (113621 122997)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	P. wirthorum (122473)
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (California)	Miopalpomyia sp. (106431) Neopalpomyia freyi (152212) Neopalpomyia freyi, Parapalpomyia ryshkoffi (152216 152217 152219 152220 152222 152229) Neopalpomyia multispinosa (152232) Parapalpomyia ryshkoffi (152221) Parapalpomyia ryshkoffi, Miopalpomyia shilo (152231)