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Ellipteroides

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Ellipteroides was named by Becker (1907). It is extant.

It was assigned to Limoniidae by de Jong (2019); and to Chioneinae by Kania-Kłosok et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Ellipteroides Becker p. 239
2019Ellipteroides de Jong p. 7
2025Ellipteroides Kania-Kłosok et al. p. 2

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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
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
genusEllipteroides

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.

G. Ellipteroides Becker 1907
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Subg. †Ellipteroides (Jantares) Kania-Kłosok et al. 2025
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†Ellipteroides (Jantares) hansi Kania-Kłosok et al. 2025
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 Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) E. kishenehn (203699)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation E. hansi (123419)