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Micropezidae (stilt-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Micropezidae

Taxonomy
Micropezidae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Micropeza.

It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Nerioidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Lonsdale (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Micropezidae Loew p. 38
1992Micropezidae Carpenter
2011Micropezidae Wiegmann et al.
2020Micropezidae Lonsdale p. 39

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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
AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyNerioidea
familyMicropezidae
familyMicropezidae

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. Micropezidae Loew 1862 [stilt-legged fly]
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Subfm. Calobatinae Bigot 1853
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G. Calobata Meigen 1803
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Calobata rottensis Statz 1940
Invalid names: Trepidaria Meigen 1908 [synonym]
G. †Cypselosomatites Hennig 1965
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Cypselosomatites succini Hennig 1965
G. †Electrobata Hennig 1965
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Electrobata myrmecia Hennig 1965
Electrobata tertiaria Meunier 1908
Subfm. Micropezinae Loew 1862
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G. Micropeza Meigen 1803
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Micropeza prompta Meunier 1906
Invalid names: Trepidariinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available