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Megaselia (Megaselia)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy

Megaselia (Megaselia) was named by Rondani (1856). It is extant.

It was assigned to Megaselia by Rondani (1856).

Subtaxa

Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae, Megaselia (Megaselia) bernsteinae, Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana, Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta, Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata, Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita, Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta, Megaselia (Megaselia) multipalpulata, Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta, Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera, Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Megaselia (Megaselia) Rondani

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
suborder	Cyclorrhapha	()
superfamily	Platypezoidea	Fallen 1815
family	Phoridae
—	Euphorida
—	Neophorida
subfamily	Metopininae	Peterson 1887
genus	Megaselia	Rondani 1856
subgenus	Megaselia	Rondani 1856

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.

Subg. Megaselia (Megaselia) Rondani 1856

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†Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) bernsteinae Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina Meunier 1905

†Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana Disney 1987

†Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia Meunier 1905

†Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) multipalpulata Hong 1981

†Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta Meunier 1910

†Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera Brues 1939

†Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana Brues 1939

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 Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	China (Liaoning)	Megaselia multipalpulata (124530)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta insolita (123927) Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta lauta (124073) Megaselia uncifera, Megaselia veterana (124205)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Megaselia amberae, Megaselia bernsteinae, Megaselia dominicana (122472)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Phora copalina, Phora ethiopia (140788)