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Lonchaeidae

Insecta - Diptera - Lonchaeidae

Taxonomy
Lonchaeidae was named by Rondani (1856). It is extant.

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Lonchaeidae Rondani p. 118
1992Lonchaeidae Carpenter
2011Lonchaeidae Wiegmann et al.
2016Lonchaeidae 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
familyLonchaeidaeRondani 1856
familyLonchaeidaeRondani 1856

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. Lonchaeidae Rondani 1856
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G. Dasiops Rondani 1856
G. Lonchaea Fallen 1820
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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Dasiops sp. (103102)