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Geron

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Taxonomy
Geron was named by Meigen (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bombyliidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Gerontini by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Geron Meigen p. 223
1905Geron Aldrich p. 245
1992Geron Carpenter
1999Geron Evenhuis and Greathead

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
familyBombyliidae()
subfamilyToxophorinae
tribeGerontiniHesse 1938
genusGeronMeigen 1820

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. Geron Meigen 1820
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Geron figuratus Theobald 1937
Geron oligocaenicus Timon-David 1944
Geron platysoma Cockerell 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available