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Ormosia

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Ormosia was named by Rondani (1856). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tipulidae by Carpenter (1992); to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994); and to Molophilini by Podenas (1999).

Species
O. (Oreophila), O. (Ormosia)
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. emarginata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ormosia Rondani p. 180
1899Gonomyiella Meunier p. 335
1992Ormosia Carpenter
1994Ormosia Evenhuis
1999Ormosia Podenas p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
tribeMolophiliniSavchenko and Krivolutskaya 1976
genusOrmosiaRondani 1856

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. Ormosia Rondani 1856
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Subg. Ormosia (Oreophila) Lackschewitz 1935
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†Ormosia (Oreophila) abava Podenas 1999
†Ormosia (Oreophila) beurleni Alexander 1931
†Ormosia (Oreophila) skwarrae Alexander 1931
Subg. Ormosia (Ormosia) Rondani 1856
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†Ormosia (Ormosia) innata Podenas 1999
Invalid names: Gonomyiella Meunier 1899 [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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) O. abava, O. divina, O. divulgata, O. illibata, O. beurleni, O. skwarrae (124517) O. abava, O. divina, O. divulgata, O. illibata, O. longipalpa, O. beurleni, O. jurate, O. electrella, O. skwarrae, O. tornquisti, O. sp., O. innata (140808) O. beurleni (127170) O. divina, O. beurleni, O. skwarrae (124503) O. skwarrae (124073) O. skwarrae, O. electrella, O. tornquisti, O. beurleni (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania O. divina, O. skwarrae, O. indago (123977)