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Richardiidae

Insecta - Diptera - Richardiidae

Taxonomy
Richardiidae was named by Loew (1868). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Tephritoidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Han and Ro (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Richardiidae Loew p. 2
1992Richardiidae Carpenter
2011Richardiidae Wiegmann et al.
2016Richardiidae Han and Ro

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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()
Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyRichardiidaeLoew 1868
familyRichardiidaeLoew 1868

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. Richardiidae Loew 1868
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G. †Pachysomites Cockerell 1916
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Pachysomites inermis Cockerell 1916
G. †Urortalis Cockerell 1917
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Urortalis caudatus Cockerell 1917
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) Pachysomites inermis (122977) Urortalis caudatus (124624)