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Platystomatidae (signal fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Platystomatidae

Taxonomy
Platystomatidae was named by Schiner (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tephritoidea by Han and Ro (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Platystomatidae Schiner
1908Ceroxys ethiopia Meunier p. 254 fig. 3,4
2016Platystomatidae Han and Ro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyPlatystomatidaeSchiner 1862
familyPlatystomatidaeSchiner 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.

Fm. Platystomatidae Schiner 1862 [signal fly]
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G. Scholastes Loew 1873
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†Scholastes foordi Cockerell 1921
Invalid names: Ceroxys ethiopia Meunier 1908 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ceroxys ethiopia (140788) Scholastes foordi (140171)