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Megistocera

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Taxonomy
Megistocera was named by Wiedemann (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tipulidae by Aldrich (1905), Carpenter (1992) and Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Megistocera Wiedemann p. 55
1905Megistocera Aldrich p. 96
1992Megistocera Carpenter
1994Megistocera Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyTipulidae()
genusMegistoceraWiedemann 1828

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. Megistocera Wiedemann 1828
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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
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