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Dioctria

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Dioctria was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant. It is the type genus of Dioctriinae, Dioctriini.

It was assigned to Dasypogoninae by James (1939), Hull (1962); to Asilidae by Aldrich (1905), Lewis (1972), Carpenter (1992); and to Dioctriini by Dikow (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Dioctria Meigen p. 270
1905Dioctria Aldrich p. 259
1939Dioctria James p. 43
1962Dioctria Hull
1972Dioctria Lewis p. 275
1992Dioctria Carpenter
2009Dioctria Dikow p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
subfamilyDioctriinae
tribeDioctriini
genusDioctria

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. Dioctria Meigen 1803
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†Dioctria florissantina Cockerell 1909
†Dioctria jamesi Lewis 1972
†Dioctria pulveris Cockerell 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available