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Dilophini

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Dilophini was named by Pinto and Amorim (2000). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bibioninae by Nel et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Dilophus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Dilophini Pinto and Amorim
2019Dilophini Nel et al. p. 530

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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
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeDilophini
tribeDilophini

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. Dilophini Pinto and Amorim 2000
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G. Dilophus Meigen 1803
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†Dilophus anasiformis Dürrenfeldt 1968
†Dilophus andrewrossi Nel et al. 2019
†Dilophus campbelli Harris 1983
†Dilophus cerestensis Nel et al. 2022
†Dilophus crassicornis Skartveit 2009
†Dilophus duerrenfeldti Skartveit et al. 2025
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Invalid names: Bibio tenuis Dürrenfeldt 1968 [replaced]
†Dilophus flavipes Skartveit et al. 2025
†Dilophus idanos Fitzgerald and Greenwalt 2022
†Dilophus krantzii von Heyden 1870
†Dilophus luteipennis Theobald 1937
†Dilophus magnus Dürrenfeldt 1968
†Dilophus matilei Waller et al. 2000
†Dilophus palaeofebrilis Skartveit 2009
†Dilophus pinguis Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Bibio pinguis radobojanus Heer 1849 [objective synonym]
†Dilophus plionanus Skartveit et al. 2025
†Dilophus priscus Loew 1850
†Dilophus pumilio Skartveit and Pika 2014
†Dilophus succineus Skartveit 2009
Invalid names: Bibio pinguis oeningensis Heer 1849 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan - Bortonian56.0 - 39.1New Zealand Dilophus campbelli (119708)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Dilophus idanos (135666)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Dilophus priscus (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dilophus andrewrossi (123959 123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Gard) Dilophus sp. (144529)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Dilophus sp., Dilophus crassicornis (217198) Dilophus sp., Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus succineus (124517)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus palaeofebrilis (123419)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Bibio detractus (122535) Dilophus cerestensis (157327)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France Dilophus sp. (139949)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Dilophus sp. (122407)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Alpes-de-Haute) Dilophus sp. (164936)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Dilophus sp. (122501)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Dilophus sp. 1 (122010)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Bibio luteipennis (122488)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Dilophus krantzii (123945 154946)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Dilophus matilei (156229)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Bibio pinguis (117260) Dilophus pumilio (117252)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Bibio pinguis (117246 117761) Dilophus pinguis (224110)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Iceland Dilophus sp. (154940)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus plionanus (167949) Dilophus magnus, Bibio anasiformis, Bibio tenuis, Dilophus flavipes (109196) Dilophus magnus, Dilophus flavipes (155690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Dilophus sp. (163070 163075)