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Ptychopteridae (phantom crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken
1906Eoptychopteridae Handlirsch p. 488
1953Eoptychopteridae Bode
1962Eolimnobiidae Rohdendorf p. 313
1962Architendipedidae Rohdendorf p. 317
1985Eoptychopteridae Kalugina p. 37
1992Architendipedidae Carpenter
1992Eolimnobiidae Carpenter
1992Eoptychopteridae Carpenter
1992Eoptychopteridae Kalugina p. 145
1992Eoptychopteridae Krzemiński p. 42
1994Eoptychopteridae Evenhuis
1994Ptychopteridae Evenhuis
2007Ptychopteridae Yeates et al.
2012Ptychopteridae Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 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. Ptychopteridae Osten-Sacken 1862 [phantom crane fly]
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Subfm. Bittacomorphinae Alexander 1919
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G. Bittacomorpha Fabricius
G. Bittacomorphella Alexander 1916
G. †Probittacomorpha Freiwald and Willmann 1992
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†Probittacomorpha brisaci Krzemiński et al. 2012
†Probittacomorpha christenseni Freiwald and Willmann 1992
G. †Zhiganka Lukashevich 1995
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†Zhiganka comitans Lukashevich 1995
†Zhiganka longialata Lukashevich 2019
†Zhiganka woolgari Lukashevich et al. 2001
Subfm. †Eoptychopterinae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Architendipes Rohdendorf 1962
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†Architendipes tshernovskiji Rohdendorf 1962
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Invalid names: Palaeotendipes alexii Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeotendipes Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym]
G. †Crenoptychoptera Kalugina 1985
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†Crenoptychoptera antica Kalugina 1985
†Crenoptychoptera bavarica Krzemiński and Ansorge 1995
†Crenoptychoptera conspecta Lukashevich 1995
†Crenoptychoptera decorosa Hao et al. 2009
†Crenoptychoptera defossa Kalugina 1985
†Crenoptychoptera gaoi Liu and Huang 2021
†Crenoptychoptera gronskayae Kalugina 1989
†Crenoptychoptera liturata Lukashevich 2011
G. †Crivoptychoptera Lukashevich and Ansorge 2024
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†Crivoptychoptera nebrias Lukashevich and Ansorge 2024
G. †Doptychoptera Lukashevich 1998
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†Doptychoptera baisica Lukashevich 1998
G. †Eoptychoptera Handlirsch 1906
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†Eoptychoptera aequidistans Lukashevich 1998
†Eoptychoptera altaica Kalugina 1988
†Eoptychoptera ansorgei Ren and Krzemiński 2002
†Eoptychoptera asiatica Lukashevich 1993
†Eoptychoptera aucta Lukashevich 1993
†Eoptychoptera braziliana Krzemiński et al. 2015
†Eoptychoptera britannica Lukashevich et al. 2001
†Eoptychoptera cantabrica Lukashevich and Arillo 2016
†Eoptychoptera cretacea Kalugina 1989
†Eoptychoptera elevata Lukashevich 2000
†Eoptychoptera eximia Bode 1953
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Invalid names: Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode 1953 [synonym]
†Eoptychoptera fasbenderi Lukashevich 2020
†Eoptychoptera jiyuanensis Liu and Huang 2020
†Eoptychoptera jurassica Ren and Krzemiński 2002
†Eoptychoptera longifurcata Lukashevich et al. 2001
†Eoptychoptera magna Lukashevich 1993
†Eoptychoptera maxima Kalugina 1985
†Eoptychoptera modica Lukashevich 1993
†Eoptychoptera paramaculata Kalugina 1985
†Eoptychoptera shurabica Lukashevich 2000
†Eoptychoptera simplex Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Acritorhyphus ramosus Bode 1953 [synonym], Proptychoptera liasina Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Proptychoptera maculata Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Proptychoptera megapolitana Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Proptychoptera minor Bode 1953 [synonym], Proptychoptera ovalis Bode 1953 [synonym], Proptychoptera similis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Eoptychoptera spectra Whalley 1985
†Eoptychoptera tempestilla Lukashevich 1998
†Eoptychoptera vitrea Lukashevich 1998
Invalid names: Acritorhyphus Bode 1953 [synonym], Metaxybittacus Bode 1953 [synonym], Palaeolimnobia Bode 1953 [synonym], Prodocidia Whalley 1985 [synonym], Proptychoptera Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Leptychoptera Lukashevich and Azar 2003
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Subg. †Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) Lukashevich and Azar 2003
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†Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) dimkina Lukashevich and Azar 2003
†Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) vovkina Lukashevich and Azar 2003
G. †Nedoptychoptera Lukashevich 1998
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†Nedoptychoptera karatavica Lukashevich 1998
G. †Neuseptychoptera Szadziewski et al. 2017
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†Neuseptychoptera carolinensis Szadziewski et al. 2017
Invalid names: Eolimnobia Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Eolimnobia geinitzi Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Eoptychopterininae Lukashevich 1995 [synonym]
Subfm. Ptychopterinae Schiner 1864
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G. †Brodilka Lukashevich et al. 2001
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†Brodilka mitchelli Lukashevich et al. 2001
G. Ptychoptera Meigen 1803
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†Ptychoptera deleta Novák 1878
†Ptychoptera mesozoica Kalugina 1989
†Ptychoptera miocenica Cockerell 1910
Invalid names: Liriope Meigen 1908 [synonym], Ptychopterula Handlirsch 1909 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sinoptychopterites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Architendipedidae Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Eoptychopteridae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Etoptychopterinae Handlirsch 1909 [empty]
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 Sevatian to the top of the Turolian or 212.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.6 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Germany Ptychopteridae indet., Crivoptychoptera nebrias (216439)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) Architendipes tshernovskiji, Palaeotendipes alexii (105086) Eoptychoptera aequidistans (105084) Eoptychoptera vitrea (105087)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Prodocidia spectra (114638)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Crenoptychoptera dobbertinensis (114991) Proptychoptera liasina, Eoptychoptera simplex, Proptychoptera maculata, Proptychoptera similis, Proptychoptera megapolitana, Phryganidium sp. (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Acritorhyphus ramosus (107321) Palaeolimnobia maculosa, Metaxybittacus eximius, Proptychoptera minor (105002) Proptychoptera ovalis (108447)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Eoptychoptera liasina (114993)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Eoptychoptera simplex (192037)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Crenoptychoptera conspecta (122950)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Eoptychoptera eximia (104056)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Eoptychopteridae indet., Crenoptychoptera sp., Proptychopterina makarova (110819)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Eoptychoptera shurabica (110817)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) Proptychoptera altaica (122313)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Eoptychopteridae indet., Crenoptychoptera sp., Crenoptychoptera antica, Proptychopterina handlirschi, Eoptychopterina glaber, Proptychoptera modica, Proptychopterina maxima, Proptychopterina yeniseica, Proptychopterina amota, Crenoptychoptera defossa, Proptychoptera paramaculata (118010)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5China (Henan) Eoptychoptera jiyuanensis, Crenoptychoptera gaoi (202211)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Eoptychopterina angularis, Nedoptychoptera karatavica (113439) Eoptychopterina karatavica (106102) Eoptychopterina karatavica, Eoptychopterina abbreviata, Proptychoptera asiatica, Proptychoptera aucta, Proptychoptera magna (105971) Eoptychopterina karatavica, Proptychoptera aucta, Proptychopterina gracilis (105970) Eoptychopterina sp., Eoptychopterina karatavica, Eoptychopterina angularis, Proptychoptera asiatica, Proptychoptera magna, Proptychopterina gracilis, Proptychopterina evecta, Eoptychopterina omissa (105426) Eoptychopterina sp., Eoptychopterina karatavica, Proptychoptera asiatica, Proptychopterina gracilis, Nedoptychoptera karatavica (106101) Proptychoptera asiatica, Proptychopterina evecta (106279)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Crenoptychoptera decorosa (113360) Eoptychopterina antica, Crenoptychoptera decorosa (113362) Eoptychopterina elenae, Eoptychoptera jurassica, Eoptychoptera ansorgei (112663) Eoptychopterina elenae, Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina mediata (112664) Eoptychopterina postica (117610) Proptychopterina opinata, Eoptychopterina gigantea (113371)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryat) Eoptychopterina rohdendorphi (105017)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation (Buryat) Eoptychopterina transbaicalica (104950)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Crenoptychoptera liturata, Eoptychoptera tempestilla (121394) Eoptychopterina kaluginae, Proptychopterina sharategica, Nedoptychoptera sp. (104748)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation Bolboia mira (125408)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Chita) Eoptychopterina daiensis, Eoptychopterina petri (114307) Eoptychopterina undensis (123197) Proptychopterina oleynikovi (125406)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia (Dund-Gov’ Aymag) Proptychopterina mongolica (117695)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Crenoptychoptera bavarica (105799)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Brodilka mitchelli (122404) Brodilka sp. (105966) Eoptychoptera longifurcata (104006)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Eoptychopterina demissa, Eoptychopterina dimidiata (103833) Proptychoptera sp., Eoptychopterina undensis, Eoptychopterina glaber (104003)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Crenoptychoptera gronskayae, Zhiganka comitans (153454)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Eoptychoptera elevata, Proptychopterina tenera, Proptychopterina immensa, Crenoptychoptera gronskayae (110818)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Eoptychoptera britannica, Eoptychopterina camura, Zhiganka woolgari (106281)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Leptychoptera dimkina (122471) Leptychoptera vovkina (123017)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Eoptychoptera sp. (28006)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Eoptychopterina baisica, Ptychoptera mesozoica (105536) Eoptychopterina sp., Proptychoptera cretacea, Doptychoptera baisica (118216) Proptychoptera cretacea (105969) Zhiganka longialata (113349) Zhiganka longialata, Eoptychoptera fasbenderi (113350)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Eoptychoptera braziliana (164499)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain Eoptychoptera cantabrica (109438)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Leptychoptera reburra, Leptychoptera calva (111688)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Neuseptychoptera carolinensis (152037)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Etoptychoptera tertiaria (119864)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Probittacomorpha christenseni (67711 113070 113147 173315)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Sinoptychopterites paludus (124820)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ptychoptera eocenica (124503 124517)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Bittacomorpha miocenica (106380)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Ptychoptera deleta (117612)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Probittacomorpha brisaci (113893)