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Xylophagidae
Taxonomy
Xylophagidae was named by Fallen (1810). It is extant. Its type is Xylophagus.
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Xylophagomorpha by Yeates et al. (2007); and to Homeodactyla by Shin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Xylophagomorpha by Yeates et al. (2007); and to Homeodactyla by Shin et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1810 | Xylophagidae Fallen p. 6 |
| 1849 | Bibio ungeri Heer p. 218 figs. Pl 16, fig 8 |
| 1870 | Bibio ungeri Oustalet p. 123 figs. Pl 1, fig 16 |
| 1937 | Bibio ungeri Theobald p. 336 |
| 1992 | Xylophagidae Carpenter |
| 2007 | Xylophagidae Yeates et al. |
| 2018 | Xylophagidae Shin et al. |
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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. Xylophagidae Fallen 1810
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Subfm. Xylophaginae Fallen 1810
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Tr. Heterostomini Nagatomi 1977
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G. Exeretonevra Macquart 1846
G. Heterostomus Bigot 1857
Invalid names: Exeretonevrini Daniels 1989 [synonym]
Tr. Xylophagini Fallen 1810
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G. Xylophagus Meigen 1803
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†Xylophagus eridanus Meunier 1908
†Xylophagus mengeanus Giebel 1856
†Xylophagus pallidus Heer 1856
Invalid names: Rachicerini Loew 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Heterostominae Nagatomi 1977 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bibio ungeri Heer 1849 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Sarmatian or 166.10000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Ganeopteromyia calypso (105971) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Sinonemestrius akirai (106281) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Sinonemestrius completus (207787) Sinonemestrius tuanwangensis (154887) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Electra formosa (123757) Lophyrophorus flabellatus, Xylophagus mengeanus (123927) Xylophagus eridanus (124073) | |
| Priabonian | Denmark | Xylophagus mengeanus (123762) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Chrysothemis speciosa, Electra formosa, Xylophagus mengeanus, Habrosoma antiqua (109625) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Dialysis revelata (106381) | |
| MP 23 | France | Bibio ungeri (122535) | |
| Rupelian | France (Auvergne) | Bibio ungeri (152492) | |
| Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Bibio ungeri (122488) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Xylophagus pallidus (152493) | |
| Sarmatian | Croatia | Bibio lignarius (117246) |