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Pipunculidae (big-headed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Taxonomy
Pipunculidae was named by Walker (1834). It is extant. Its type is Pipunculus.

It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Cyclorrhapha by Wiegmann et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Pipunculidae Walker
1992Pipunculidae Carpenter
2011Pipunculidae Wiegmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familyPipunculidae
familyPipunculidae

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. Pipunculidae Walker 1834 [big-headed fly]
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Subfm. Chalarinae Hardy 1965
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G. †Protoverrallia Aczél 1948
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†Protoverrallia succinia Meunier 1903
G. Verrallia Mik 1899
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†Verrallia andreei Aczél 1948
†Verrallia exstincta Meunier 1903
†Verrallia kerteszia Meunier 1903
Subfm. Nephrocerinae Carpenter and Hull 1939
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G. Nephrocerus Zetterstedt 1838
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†Nephrocerus oligocenicus Carpenter and Hull 1939
G. †Priabona Archibald et al. 2014
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†Priabona florissantius Carpenter and Hull 1939
Invalid names: Nephrocerini Carpenter and Hull 1939 [invalid subgroup]
Subfm. Pipunculinae Walker 1834
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Tr. Pipunculini Walker 1834
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G. Cephalosphaera Enderlein 1936
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†Cephalosphaera baltica Carpenter and Hull 1939
G. Pipunculus Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Pipunculus succini Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
Tr. Tomosvaryellini Hardy 1943
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G. Eudorylas Aczél 1940
Invalid names: Eudorylini Rafael and De Meyer 1992 [synonym]
Subfm. Protonephrocerinae Aczél 1948
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G. †Metanephrocerus Aczél 1948
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†Metanephrocerus belgardeae Archibald et al. 2014
†Metanephrocerus collini Carpenter and Hull 1939
†Metanephrocerus groehni Kehlmaier and Skevington 2014
†Metanephrocerus hoffeinsorum Kehlmaier and Skevington 2014
G. Protonephrocerus Collin 1931
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 Ypresian to the top of the Langhian or 56.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Metanephrocerus belgardeae (103206)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Pipunculidae indet., Pipunculinae indet. (31677)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Metanephrocerus groehni (110735) Nephrocerus oligocenicus, Cephalosphaera baltica, Protonephrocerus collini, Verrallia succinia (123927) Verralia succinia, Verralia exstincta, Verrallia kerteszia (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Metanephrocerus hoffeinsorum (123419)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Protonephrocerus florissantius (106384)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Eudorylas sp. A, Eudorylas sp. B (122982)