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Clusiidae (druid fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Clusiidae

Taxonomy
Clusiidae was named by Frey (1921). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Clusiidae Frey p. 29
1992Clusiidae Carpenter
2011Clusiidae 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()
Schizophora
familyClusiidae
familyClusiidae

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. Clusiidae Frey 1921 [druid fly]
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Subfm. Clusiodinae Frey 1960
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G. Clusiodes Coquillett 1904
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Clusiodes petreficata Statz 1940
G. †Electroclusiodes Hennig 1965
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Invalid names: Agromyza minuta Meunier 1905 [replaced]
G. †Xenanthomyza Hennig 1967
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Xenanthomyza larssoni Hennig 1967
Invalid names: Clusiinae Frey 1921 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Xenanthomyza larssoni (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Agromyza minuta (123927) Electroclusiodes meunieri (123766 123771 123929) Electroclusiodes radiospinosa (123936)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Clusiodes petreficata (122010)