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Chlorops

Insecta - Diptera - Chloropidae

Taxonomy
Chlorops was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chloropinae by Statz (1940); and to Chloropidae by Theobald (1937) and Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Chlorops Meigen p. 278
1937Chlorops Theobald p. 356
1940Chlorops Statz p. 153
1992Chlorops Carpenter

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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
familyChloropidaeRondani 1856
subfamilyChloropinaeRondani 1856
genusChlorops

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. Chlorops Meigen 1803
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Chlorops anthracinus Statz 1940
Chlorops aquisextanus Theobald 1937
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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) C. anthracinus (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) C. aquisextanus (122508)