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Protopleciidae

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy

Protopleciidae was named by Rohdendorf (1946).

It was assigned to Mycetophiloidea by Kovalev (1985); and to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992).

Subtaxa

Dyspolyneura, Epimesoplecia, Hebeiplecia, Huaxiapleciinae, Mesoplecia, Mesopleciella (syn. Rohdendorfomiella, Palaeohesperinus, Archihesperinus), Palaeohesperinus guidongensis, Palaeoplecia, Paraoligus, Pleciodictya, Pleciopsis, Protoligoneura (syn. Rhaetofungivorella), Protoplecia (syn. Phragmoligoneura), Pseudoplecia, Sinoplecia, Sunoplecia

Synonyms

Dyspolyneuridae was named by Rohdendorf (1961). Its type is Dyspolyneura.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protopleciidae by Krzemiński (1992) and Pape et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Archidiptera by Carpenter (1992).
Pleciodictyidae was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protopleciidae by Pape et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992).
Protoligoneuridae was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protopleciidae by Blagoderov (1996) and Pape et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992).
Palaeopleciidae was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protopleciidae by Blagoderov (1996) and Pape et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992).
Phragmoligoneuridae was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protopleciidae by Blagoderov (1996).

It was assigned to Nematocera by Carpenter (1992).
Palaeohesperinus guidongensis was named by Lin (1986). Its type specimen is NIGP 70080, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is KHG 201, Xiwan coal mine, Hezhou City, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial mudstone in the Shiti Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Blagoderov (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1946	Protopleciidae Rohdendorf p. 42
1961	Dyspolyneuridae Rohdendorf p. 95
1962	Palaeopleciidae Rohdendorf p. 319
1962	Pleciodictyidae Rohdendorf p. 319
1962	Protoligoneuridae Rohdendorf p. 319
1962	Phragmoligoneuridae Rohdendorf p. 332
1985	Protopleciidae Kovalev p. 126
1986	Palaeohesperinus guidongensis Lin p. 87 figs. Pl 19, fig 3; text-fig 85
1992	Dyspolyneuridae Carpenter
1992	Palaeopleciidae Carpenter
1992	Phragmoligoneuridae Carpenter
1992	Pleciodictyidae Carpenter
1992	Protoligoneuridae Carpenter
1992	Protopleciidae Carpenter

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
superfamily	Mycetophiloidea
family	Protopleciidae
family	Protopleciidae

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. †Protopleciidae Rohdendorf 1946

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G. †Dyspolyneura Rohdendorf 1961

†Dyspolyneura longipennis Rohdendorf 1961

G. †Epimesoplecia Zhang 2007

†Epimesoplecia ambloneura Lin et al. 2015

†Epimesoplecia elenae Zhang 2007

†Epimesoplecia macrostrena Lin et al. 2015

†Epimesoplecia plethora Lin et al. 2015

†Epimesoplecia prosoneura Lin et al. 2015

†Epimesoplecia shcherbakovi Zhang 2007

†Epimesoplecia stana Lin et al. 2015

G. †Hebeiplecia Hong 1983

†Hebeiplecia brunnea Hong 1983

Subfm. †Huaxiapleciinae Hong 1992

G. †Huaxiaplecia Hong 1992

†Huaxiaplecia zhongguanensis Hong 1992

G. †Mesoplecia Rohdendorf 1938

†Mesoplecia anfracta Hao and Ren 2009

†Mesoplecia coadnata Hao and Ren 2009

†Mesoplecia fastigata Lin et al. 2014

†Mesoplecia jurassica Rohdendorf 1938

†Mesoplecia mediana Zhang 2007

†Mesoplecia oleynikovi Kovalev 1990

†Mesoplecia plena Lin et al. 2014

†Mesoplecia sibirica Kovalev 1985

†Mesoplecia sinica Zhang 2007

†Mesoplecia stigma Rohdendorf 1964

†Mesoplecia xinboensis Hong 1984

G. †Mesopleciella Rohdendorf 1946

†Mesopleciella incorporalis Kovalev 1985

†Mesopleciella lepida Kovalev 1990

†Mesopleciella longipennis Rohdendorf 1962

†Mesopleciella minor Rohdendorf 1946

†Mesopleciella phryneoides Rohdendorf 1962

Invalid names: Archihesperinus Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Palaeohesperinus Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Rohdendorfomiella Kovalev 1985 [synonym]

G. †Palaeoplecia Rohdendorf 1962

†Palaeoplecia rhaetica Rohdendorf 1962

G. †Paraoligus Lin 1976

†Paraoligus exilus Lin 1976

G. †Pleciopsis Hong 1983

†Pleciopsis longa Hong 1983

G. †Protoligoneura Rohdendorf 1962

†Protoligoneura fusicosta Rohdendorf 1962

†Protoligoneura mediicubitalis Rohdendorf 1964

†Protoligoneura minor Rohdendorf 1964

†Protoligoneura quadrimedialis Rohdendorf 1964

Invalid names: Rhaetofungivorella analis Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Rhaetofungivorella sectoralis Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym]

†Protoligoneura subcosta Rohdendorf 1962

†Protoligoneura subcostalis Rohdendorf 1964

Invalid names: Rhaetofungivorella Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]

G. †Protoplecia Handlirsch 1906

†Protoplecia hattorfensis Bode 1953

†Protoplecia klafacki Ansorge 1996

†Protoplecia liasina Geinitz 1884

†Protoplecia magna Rohdendorf 1964

Invalid names: Phragmoligoneura incerta Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Rhaetofungivora amasioides Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Rhaetofungivora radialis Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym], Rhaetofungivora simplex Rohdendorf 1964 [synonym]

Invalid names: Phragmoligoneura Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]

G. †Pseudoplecia Hong and Wang 1990

†Pseudoplecia ovata Hong and Wang 1990

G. †Sinoplecia Lin 1976

†Sinoplecia parvita Lin 1976

G. †Sunoplecia Hong 1983

†Sunoplecia curvata Hong and Wang 1990

†Sunoplecia liaoningensis Hong 1983

†Sunoplecia longa Hong 1983

Invalid names: Dyspolyneuridae Rohdendorf 1961 [synonym], Palaeohesperinus guidongensis Lin 1986 [nomen dubium], Palaeopleciidae Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Phragmoligoneuridae Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Pleciodictyidae Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Protoligoneuridae Rohdendorf 1962 [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 Sinemurian to the top of the Aptian or 199.30000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.3 - 190.8	Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy)	Archihesperinus phryneoides, Rhaetofungivora mediicubitalis, Rhaetofungivora magna, Rhaetofungivora radialis, Rhaetofungivora amasioides, Rhaetofungivora simplex (105087) Dyspolyneura longipennis, Pleciodictya modesta, Protoligoneura fusicosta, Palaeoplecia rhaetica, Rhaetofungivorella subcosta, Palaeohesperinus longipennis, Rhaetofungivora subcostalis, Palaeohesperinus minor, Rhaetofungivora mediicubitalis, Rhaetofungivora quadrimedialis, Rhaetofungivorella analis, Rhaetofungivorella sectoralis (105086)
Sinemurian	199.3 - 190.8	Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy)	Phragmoligoneura incerta (113412)
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Germany	Macropeza liasina (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Germany (Niedersachsen)	Protoplecia hattorfensis (107552)
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	Protoplecia liasina, Protoplecia klafacki (114993)
Toarcian	182.7 - 174.1	China (Guangxi)	Palaeohesperinus guidongensis (151540)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	China (Nei Mongol)	Epimesoplecia elenae, Mesoplecia plena, Mesoplecia fastigata, Epimesoplecia plethora, Epimesoplecia prosoneura, Epimesoplecia stana, Epimesoplecia macrostrena, Epimesoplecia ambloneura (155751) Mesoplecia anfracta, Mesoplecia coadnata (113362) Mesoplecia sinica, Mesoplecia mediana, Epimesoplecia shcherbakovi, Epimesoplecia elenae (113371)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	Mesoplecia jurassica (122330) Mesoplecia sp. (105971) Mesopleciella minor, Mesoplecia stigma (115717)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	China (Liaoning)	Paraoligus exilus (151531) Sinoplecia parvita (151528) Sunoplecia liaoningensis, Sunoplecia longa (154730)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	China (Hebei)	Hebeiplecia brunnea, Pleciopsis longa (154787)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Russian Federation (Buryat)	Mesoplecia sibirica (105017)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Russian Federation (Chita)	Bryanka lepida (119397) Mesoplecia oleynikovi (140476)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Mongolia	Mesoplecia sp., Mesopleciella sp. (104748) Protoligoneura sp. (121394)
Late/Upper Hauterivian	136.4 - 130.0	China (Hebei)	Mesoplecia xinboensis (154962)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	China (Hebei)	Huaxiaplecia zhongguanensis (157233)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	China (Shandong)	Sunoplecia curvata, Pseudoplecia ovata (154887)