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Melanagromyza

Insecta - Diptera - Agromyzidae

Taxonomy
Melanagromyza was named by Hendel (1920). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agromyzidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Ophiomyiinae by Xuan et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Melanagromyza Hendel p. 114
1992Melanagromyza Carpenter
2023Melanagromyza Xuan et al.

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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
familyAgromyzidae()
subfamilyOphiomyiinae
genusMelanagromyzaHendel 1920

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. Melanagromyza Hendel 1920
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Melanagromyza prisca Melander 1949
Melanagromyza tephrias Melander 1949
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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) M. prisca, M. tephrias (124681)