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Bombylius
Taxonomy
Bombylius was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Bombyliini, Bombyliinae, Bombylarii.
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Bombylarii by Latreille (1802); to Bombyliidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Bombyliini by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Li and Yeates (2019).
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Bombylarii by Latreille (1802); to Bombyliidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Bombyliini by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Li and Yeates (2019).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Bombylius Linnaeus p. 606 |
1761 | Bombylius Linnaeus p. 471 |
1763 | Bombylius Scopoli p. 375 |
1764 | Bombylius Müller p. 88 |
1766 | Bombylius Schaeffer |
1767 | Bombylius Linnaeus p. 1009 |
1775 | Bombylius Fabricius p. 802 |
1776 | Bombylius Müller p. 182 |
1796 | Bombylius Latreille p. 156 |
1798 | Bombylius Fabricius p. 569 |
1802 | Bombylius Latreille p. 429 |
1905 | Bombylius Aldrich p. 235 |
1907 | Bombylius fossilis Handlirsch p. 1012 |
1907 | Bombylius tertiarius Handlirsch p. 1012 |
1992 | Bombylius Carpenter |
1999 | Bombylius Evenhuis and Greathead |
1999 | Bombylius (Bombylius) fossilis Evenhuis and Greathead |
1999 | Bombylius (Bombylius) tertiarius Evenhuis and Greathead |
2019 | Bombylius Li and Yeates p. 871 |
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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.
G. Bombylius Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Bombylius fossilis Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum], Bombylius tertiarius Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 28.10000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | B. depereti (122487) | |
Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | B. fossilis, B. tertiarius (113751) |