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Brachyopini

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy

Brachyopini was named by Williston (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eristalinae by Mengual et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Brachyopina, Cheilosialepta, Myolepta, Spheginina

Synonyms

Chrysogasterini was named by Shannon (1922). It is extant. Its type is Chrysogaster.

It was corrected as Chrysogastrini by Hull (1949); it was synonymized subjectively with Brachyopini by Moran et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Chilosinae by Shannon (1922); and to Cheilosinae by Hull (1949).
Myioleptini was named by Shannon (1922). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyopini by Moran et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Cheilosinae by Hull (1949).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Brachyopini Williston
1922	Chrysogasterini Shannon
1922	Myioleptini Shannon p. 119
1922	Chrysogasterini Shannon p. 125
1949	Chrysogastrini Hull p. 331
1949	Myioleptini Hull p. 339
2015	Brachyopini Mengual et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
suborder	Cyclorrhapha	()
family	Syrphidae	()
subfamily	Eristalinae
tribe	Brachyopini	Williston 1885
tribe	Brachyopini	Williston 1885

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.

Tr. Brachyopini Williston 1885

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Subtr. Brachyopina Williston 1885

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G. Chrysogaster Meigen 1803

†Chrysogaster antiquarius Hull 1945

G. Myolepta Newman 1838

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Subg. †Myolepta (Arctolepta) Hull 1945

†Myolepta (Arctolepta) calamitans Hull 1945

Subg. †Myolepta (Sericolepta) Hull 1945

†Myolepta (Sericolepta) maculata Hull 1945

†Myolepta andreei Hull 1945

†Myolepta elisabethae Statz 1940

†Myolepta germanica Hull 1945

†Myolepta luehei Cockerell 1910

†Myolepta valida Hull 1945

†Myolepta woteni Hull 1945

Subtr. Spheginina Williston 1887

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G. †Palaeoascia Meunier 1893

†Palaeoascia atrata Hull 1945

†Palaeoascia nigra Hull 1945

†Palaeoascia uniappendiculata Meunier 1904

G. †Palaeosphegina Meunier 1901

†Palaeosphegina baccha Hull 1945

†Palaeosphegina elegantula Meunier 1904

†Palaeosphegina fumosa Hull 1945

†Palaeosphegina pilosa Hull 1945

G. †Pseudosphegina Hull 1945

†Pseudosphegina carpenteri Hull 1957

†Pseudosphegina dichoptica Hull 1945

†Pseudosphegina withersi Hull 1945

G. Sphegina Meigen 1822

†Sphegina abrasa Theobald 1937

†Sphegina obscura Hull 1945

Invalid names: Chrysogasterini Shannon 1922 [synonym], Myioleptini Shannon 1922 [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 Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Myiolepta luehei, Cheilosialepta baltica, Arctolepta calamitans, Myiolepta valida, Myiolepta andreei, Myiolepta germanica, Sericolepta maculata, Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Palaeoascia nigra, Pseudosphegina dichoptica, Palaeosphegina elegantula, Palaeosphegina pilosa (123927) Myiolepta valida, Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Pseudosphegina withersi, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123766) Myiolepta woteni, Palaeosphegina baccha, Palaeosphegina fumosa, Pseudosphegina carpenteri (124205) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata (124073) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123757) Palaeosphegina elegantula (123493 140789)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Chrysogaster antiquaria, Sphegina obscura (106384)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	Sphegina abrasa (122407)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	Myiolepta elisabethae (122010)