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Megophthalminae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae

Taxonomy
Megophthalminae was named by Kirkaldy (1906). It is extant. Its type is Megophthalmus.

It was assigned to Cicadellidae by Dietrich and Gonçalves (2014), Dietrich et al. (2017), Dmitriev (2020) and Borodin and Borodina (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Megophthalminae Kirkaldy
1950Paropiini Statz p. 6
2014Megophthalminae Dietrich and Gonçalves p. 3
2017Megophthalminae Dietrich et al. p. 64
2020Megophthalminae Dmitriev p. 39
2021Megophthalminae Borodin and Borodina p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyMembracoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCicadellidae()
subfamilyMegophthalminaeKirkaldy 1906
subfamilyMegophthalminaeKirkaldy 1906

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. Megophthalminae Kirkaldy 1906
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Tr. Agalliini Kirkaldy 1901
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G. Agallia Curtis 1833
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†Agallia abstructa Scudder 1890
†Agallia flaccida Scudder 1890
†Agallia instabilis Scudder 1890
†Agallia lewisii Scudder 1890
G. †Eomegophthalmus Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
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†Eomegophthalmus lithuaniensis Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
Tr. Megophthalmini Kirkaldy 1906
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G. Megophthalmus Curtis 1833
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Invalid names: Paropia Germar 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paropiinae Dohrn 1859 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Langhian or 37.20000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Eomegophthalmus lithuaniensis (154362)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Agallia lewisii, Agallia flaccida, Agallia instabilis, Agallia abstructa (106384)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Agallia lewisii (122093)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Paropia fortivenosa (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Agallia sp. (122473)