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Melanderella

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Taxonomy
Melanderella was named by Cockerell (1909). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bombyliidae by Cockerell (1909) and Carpenter (1992); and to Systropodini by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Melanderella Cockerell
1992Melanderella Carpenter
1999Melanderella 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
tribeSystropodini()
genusMelanderella

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. †Melanderella Cockerell 1909
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Melanderella glossalis Cockerell 1909
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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) M. glossalis (106380 106381)