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Spheginascia

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Spheginascia was named by Meunier (1901). Its type is Spheginascia biappendiculata.

It was assigned to Cheilosinae by Hull (1945); to Cheilosini by Hull (1949); and to Syrphidae by Carpenter (1992).

Species
S. biappendiculata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Spheginascia Meunier p. 72
1945Spheginascia Hull p. 311
1949Spheginascia Hull p. 328
1992Spheginascia Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeRhingiiniMeigen 1822
subtribeCheilosiinaWilliston 1885
genusSpheginascia

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. †Spheginascia Meunier 1901
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) S. biappendiculata (123493 123757 123766 123927 124205 140789)