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Pallopteridae

Insecta - Diptera - Pallopteridae

Taxonomy
Pallopteridae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Palloptera.

It was assigned to Diptera by Zhang (1989); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Schizophora by Wiegmann et al. (2011); and to Tephritoidea by Han and Ro (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pallopteridae Loew p. 56
1989Pallopteridae Zhang p. 365
1992Pallopteridae Carpenter
2011Pallopteridae Wiegmann et al.
2016Pallopteridae Han and Ro

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862

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.

Fm. Pallopteridae Loew 1862
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Subfm. Pallopterinae Loew 1862
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G. †Glaesolonchaea Hennig 1967
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†Glaesolonchaea electrica Hennig 1967
G. Morgea Hennig 1967
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†Morgea macalpinei Hennig 1967
G. Palloptera Fallen 1820
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†Palloptera hypolithica Zhang 1989
†Palloptera morticina Scudder 1877
Palloptera umbellatarum Fabricius 1775
G. †Pallopterites Hennig 1967
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†Pallopterites electrica Hennig 1967
G. Toxoneura Macquart 1835
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Toxoneura muliebris Harris 1780
†Toxoneura pluvia Dürrenfeldt 1968
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 Priabonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.71000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Morgea macalpinei (124205) Pallopterites electrica (123757)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Palloptera morticina (121480)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Morgea mcalpinei, Glaesolonchaea electrica (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Glaesolonchaea sp. (123419)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Palloptera hypolithica (128552)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Palloptera umbellatarum (117247)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Toxoneura muliebris (157306)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Oxyna pluvia (109196)