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Lonchopteroidea

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Lonchopteroidea was named by Curtis (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyclorrhapha by Grimaldi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Lonchopteroidea Curtis
2018Lonchopteroidea Grimaldi p. 31

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyLonchopteroideaCurtis 1839
superfamilyLonchopteroideaCurtis 1839

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. Lonchopteroidea Curtis 1839
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G. †Alonchoptera Grimaldi 2018
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†Alonchoptera lebanica Grimaldi 2018
Fm. Lonchopteridae Curtis 1839
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G. Lonchoptera Meigen 1803
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†Lonchoptera eocenica Amorim and Brown 2019
G. †Lonchopterites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Lonchopterites burmensis Grimaldi 2018
†Lonchopterites prisca Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Lonchopteromorpha Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Lonchopteromorpha asetocella 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Lutetian or 125.77000 to 41.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Lonchopterites prisca, Lonchopteromorpha asetocella, Alonchoptera lebanica (123017)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Lonchopterites burmensis (111688)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Lonchoptera eocenica (117614)