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Diaphorinae

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Diaphorinae was named by Schiner (1864). It is extant. Its type is Diaphorus.

It was assigned to Dolichopodidae by Aldrich (1905), Pollet et al. (2004), Bickel (2022), Grichanov (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Diaphorinae Schiner
1905Diaphorinae Aldrich p. 288
2004Diaphorinae Pollet et al. p. 18
2022Diaphorinae Bickel p. 479
2023Diaphorinae Grichanov p. S254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyDolichopodidaeLatreille 1809
subfamilyDiaphorinaeSchiner 1864
subfamilyDiaphorinaeSchiner 1864

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. Diaphorinae Schiner 1864
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G. Argyra Macquart 1834
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Invalid names: Porphyrops Meigen 1824 [replaced]
G. Chrysotus Meigen 1824
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Chrysotus stanciui Parent 1936
Invalid names: Lyroneurus Loew 1857 [synonym]
G. Diaphorus Meigen 1824
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Diaphorus alsiosus Meunier 1910
Diaphorus fernandi Meuffels and Grootaert 1999
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Invalid names: Dolichopus soccatus Meunier 1899 [replaced]
G. †Palaeoargyra Meunier 1895
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Palaeoargyra mutabilis Meunier 1908
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Invalid names: Palaeoargyra dytei Evenhuis 1994 [objective synonym]
Palaeoargyra planipedia Meunier 1907
G. †Prochrysotus Meunier 1907
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Prochrysotus magnus Meunier 1907
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Diaphorinae indet. (124463 228738)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Argyra mutabilis, Prochrysotus magnus, Dolichopus soccatus, Palaeoargyra sp. (123927)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Chrysotus stanciui (163213)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Chrysotus sp. (151865) Diaphorinae indet. (140260 152002)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Chrysotus sp. (153476)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Nematoproctus alsiosus (140788)