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Bradysia

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Taxonomy
Bradysia was named by Winnertz (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mycetophilidae by Carpenter (1992); to Sciaridae by Mohrig and Röschmann (2005); and to Megalosphyinae by Shin et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Bradysia Winnertz p. 180
1992Bradysia Carpenter
2005Bradysia Mohrig and Röschmann p. 336
2013Bradysia Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familySciaridae()
subfamilyMegalosphyinae()
genusBradysiaWinnertz 1867

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. Bradysia Winnertz 1867
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Bradysia aliciae Ramírez and Alonso 2014
Bradysia antiqua Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Bradysia dimidiata Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Bradysia exoleta Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Bradysia oligocenica Quiévreux 1938
Bradysia tertiaria Quiévreux 1938
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: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Lycoria oligocoenica, Lycoria tertiaria (146907)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) B. sp. (124467 140214 140215 140260 140262)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic B. antiqua, B. exoleta (122472) B. exoleta (122982) B. exoleta, B. dimidiata (123422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina B. aliciae (183973)