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Eoptychoptera

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Eoptychoptera Handlirsch p. 489
1906Proptychoptera Handlirsch p. 489
1953Acritorhyphus Bode
1953Metaxybittacus Bode
1953Palaeolimnobia Bode
1953Proptychoptera Bode
1953Metaxybittacus Bode p. 287
1953Acritorhyphus Bode p. 299
1953Palaeolimnobia Bode p. 301
1978Metaxybittacus Willmann p. 92
1985Proptychoptera Kalugina p. 39
1985Prodocidia Whalley
1988Proptychoptera Kalugina p. 83
1992Eoptychoptera Carpenter
1994Eoptychoptera Evenhuis
1994Palaeolimnobia Evenhuis
1994Proptychoptera Evenhuis
1996Eoptychoptera Ansorge p. 81
1998Eoptychoptera Lukashevich et al. p. 318
2000Eoptychoptera Lukashevich
2001Eoptychoptera Lukashevich et al. p. 454
2002Eoptychoptera Ren and Krzemiński p. 208
2015Eoptychoptera Krzemiński et al. p. 550
2016Eoptychoptera Lukashevich and Arillo p. 255
2018Eoptychoptera Kopeć et al. p. 166
2020Eoptychoptera Liu and Huang p. 462
2020Eoptychoptera Lukashevich p. 605
2021Prodocidia Oliveira and Amorim p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychoptera

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. †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]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. D. Lukashevich et al. 2001Wings with four medial veins, im beyond M1+2 furcation, connecting M2 and M3.