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Apystomyoidea

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Apystomyoidea was named by Melander (1950). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eremoneura by Pape et al. (2011), Shin et al. (2018).

Subtaxa
Apystomyiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Apystomyoidea Melander
2011Apystomyoidea Pape et al.
2018Apystomyoidea Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
—Eremoneura
superfamilyApystomyoideaMelander 1950
superfamilyApystomyoideaMelander 1950

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.

Superfm. Apystomyoidea Melander 1950
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Fm. Apystomyiidae Melander 1950
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G. †Hilarimorphites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi and Cumming 2011
†Hilarimorphites cummingi Grimaldi 2016
†Hilarimorphites longimedia Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Hilarimorphites setosa Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Hilarimorphites superba Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Hilarimorphites yeatesi Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Hilarimorphites burmanica (111688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Hilarimorphites cummingi (123113)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Hilarimorphites superba, Hilarimorphites yeatesi, Hilarimorphites longimedia, Hilarimorphites setosa (110895)