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Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Nemestrinidae Macquart p. 370
1992Nemestrinidae Carpenter
2000Nemestrinidae Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs p. 142
2016Nemestrinidae Grimaldi p. 49
2018Nemestrinidae Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
superfamilyNemestrinoideaMacquart 1834
familyNemestrinidaeMacquart 1834
familyNemestrinidaeMacquart 1834

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. Nemestrinidae Macquart 1834 [tangle-veined fly]
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G. †Ahirmoneura Zhang et al. 2008
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†Ahirmoneura neimengguensis Zhang et al. 2008
Subfm. †Archinemestriinae Rohdendorf 1968
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G. †Aenigmestrinus Mostovski 1998
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†Aenigmestrinus mirabilis Mostovski 1998
G. †Archinemestrius Rohdendorf 1968
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†Archinemestrius karatavicus Rohdendorf 1968
†Archinemestrius litigiosus Mostovski 1998
†Archinemestrius mimas Mostovski 1998
G. †Mesonemestrius Zhang et al. 2017
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†Mesonemestrius caii Zhang et al. 2017
G. †Protonemestrius Rohdendorf 1968
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†Protonemestrius bequaerti Rohdendorf 1968
†Protonemestrius handlirschi Rohdendorf 1968
†Protonemestrius magnus Liu and Huang 2018
†Protonemestrius martynovi Rohdendorf 1968
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Invalid names: Protonemestrius longinasus Rohdendorf 1968 [synonym]
†Protonemestrius rasnitsyni Mostovski 1998
†Protonemestrius rohdendorfi Mostovski 1998
G. †Florinemestrius Ren 1998
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Subfm. †Hirmoneurinae
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G. Hirmoneura Meigen 1820
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Subg. †Hirmoneura (Eohirmoneura) Rohdendorf 1968
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†Hirmoneura (Eohirmoneura) neli Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Subg. Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) Meigen 1820
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†Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) elenae Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Subg. †Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) Cockerell 1910
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†Hirmoneura burmanica Liu and Huang 2019
†Hirmoneura caudiprima Grimaldi 2016
†Hirmoneura messelense Wedmann et al. 2021
†Hirmoneura mostovskii Liu and Huang 2019
†Hirmoneura richterae Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
†Hirmoneura zigrasi Grimaldi 2016
G. †Prohirmoneura Handlirsch 1906
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†Prohirmoneura jurassica Handlirsch 1906
G. Nemestrina Latreille 1809
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G. Nemestrinus Latreille 1802
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†Nemestrinus incertus Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
G. Prosoeca Schiner 1867
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Subg. †Prosoeca (Palembolus) Scudder 1878
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†Prosoeca (Palembolus) saxea Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
G. Neorhynchocephalus Lichtwardt 1909
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†Neorhynchocephalus melanderi Cockerell 1908
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 Callovian to the top of the Chadronian or 166.10000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Ahirmoneura neimengguensis (113360)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Archinemestrius karatavicus, Archinemestrius litigiosus, Protonemestrius rohdendorfi (113439) Archinemestrius karatavicus, Protonemestrius bequaerti, Protonemestrius handlirschi (105971) Archinemestrius litigiosus, Protonemestrius martynovi, Aenigmestrinus mirabilis (106279) Archinemestrius mimas, Archinemestrius litigiosus, Aenigmestrinus mirabilis (105426) Eohirmoneura carpenteri (106102) Protonemestrius martynovi, Protonemestrius longinasus (106101) Protonemestrius rasnitsyni (105970)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Nemestrinidae indet. (152903) Prohirmoneura jurassica (152883)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Mongolia Nemestrinidae indet. (117548)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain Hirmoneura richterae (104052 123437) Hirmoneura richterae, Hirmoneura neli (152696)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Protonemestrius jurassicus, Protonemestrius beipiaoensis, Florinemestrius pulcherrimus (138436)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Protonemestrius magnus (125655)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cuenca) Prosoeca saxea (152992)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Hirmoneura elenae (106103) Nemestrinidae indet. (113350) Nemestrinus incertus (105969)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Hirmoneura zigrasi (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Hirmoneura caudiprima (111688) Mesonemestrius caii, Hirmoneura burmanica, Hirmoneura richterae (161726)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Hirmoneura messelense (219044) Hirmoneura sp. (68475)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Hirmoneura melanderi (113749) Hirmoneura melanderi, Hirmoneura occultator, Hirmoneura vulcanica (106381) Nemestrinidae indet. (124624) Neorhynchocephalus melanderi (124680) Neorhynchocephalus occultator, Hirmoneurites willistoni (123119) Palembolus florigerus, Neorhynchocephalus melanderi (106384)