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Periscelidinae

Insecta - Diptera - Periscelididae

Taxonomy
Periscelidinae was named by Oldenberg (1914). It is extant.

It was assigned to Periscelididae by Grimaldi and Mathis (1993).

Subtaxa
Periscelis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Periscelidinae Oldenberg p. 41
1993Periscelidinae Grimaldi and Mathis

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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
familyPeriscelididaeOldenberg 1914
subfamilyPeriscelidinaeOldenberg 1914
subfamilyPeriscelidinaeOldenberg 1914

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.

Subfm. Periscelidinae Oldenberg 1914
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G. Periscelis Loew 1858
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Subg. Periscelis (Myodris) Lioy 1864
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†Periscelis (Myodris) amberifera Grimaldi and Mathis 1993
†Periscelis (Myodris) annectans Sturtevant 1963
†Periscelis (Myodris) brodzinskyi Grimaldi and Mathis 1993
†Periscelis (Myodris) facianota Grimaldi and Mathis 1993
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Periscelis annectans (124623)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Periscelis amberifera, Periscelis facianota, Periscelis brodzinskyi (122982)