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Toxophorinae

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Toxophorinae Schiner p. 116
1999Toxophorinae Evenhuis and Greathead
2004Toxophorinae Nel and De Ploeg
2019Toxophorinae Li and Yeates p. 865

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
familyBombyliidae()
subfamilyToxophorinae
subfamilyToxophorinae

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. Toxophorinae Schiner 1868
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Tr. Gerontini Hesse 1938
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G. Geron Meigen 1820
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†Geron figuratus Theobald 1937
†Geron oligocaenicus Timon-David 1944
†Geron platysoma Cockerell 1915
G. †Paradolichomyia Nel and De Ploeg 2004
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†Paradolichomyia eocenica Nel and De Ploeg 2004
Tr. Systropodini Brauer 1880
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G. Dolichomyia Wiedemann 1830
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†Dolichomyia tertiaria Cockerell 1917
†Dolichomyia testea Melander 1949
G. †Melanderella Cockerell 1909
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†Melanderella glossalis Cockerell 1909
G. Systropus Wiedemann 1820
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Subg. Systropus (Systropus) Wiedemann 1820
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†Systropus acourti Cockerell 1921
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 Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Paradolichomyia eocenica (123850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Systropus acourti (21976)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dolichomyia tertiaria (122977) Geron platysoma (113749) Melanderella glossalis (106380 106381) Melanderella testea (124624)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Geron figuratus (122464)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Systropus rottensis (138696)