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Mycetophilinae

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Mycetophilinae Newman
1909Mycetophilinae Johannsen p. 51
1969Mycetophilinae Lewis p. 109
1989Mycetophilinae Matile p. 141
2009Mycetophilinae Rindal et al.
2020Mycetophilinae Camier and Nel p. 92
2021Mycetophilinae Bouju et al. p. 340
2021Mycetophilinae Oliveira and Amorim

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyMycetophilinae
subfamilyMycetophilinae

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. Mycetophilinae Newman 1834
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Tr. Exechiini Enderlein 1936
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G. Allodia Winnertz 1863
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Subg. Allodia (Brachycampta) Winnertz 1863
Allodia antiqua Meunier 1904
Allodia brevicornis Meunier 1904
Allodia clavata Meunier 1917
Allodia eridana Meunier 1916
Allodia extincta Meunier 1904
Allodia fungicola Meunier 1904
Allodia paleoafricana Bouju et al. 2021
Allodia pallipes Heer 1856
Allodia procera Meunier 1904
Allodia separata Meunier 1904
Allodia succinea Meunier 1904
Allodia tomentosa Meunier 1904
Allodia winnertzi Meunier 1922
G. Anatella Winnertz 1863
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Anatella tacita Scudder 1890
G. Brachypeza Winnertz 1863
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Brachypeza abita Scudder 1877
Brachypeza graciosa Meunier 1917
Brachypeza grandis Meunier 1917
Brachypeza procera Scudder 1877
G. Cordyla Meigen 1803
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Cordyla antiqua von Heyden 1870
Cordyla furcula Meunier 1917
Cordyla hastata Statz 1944
Cordyla limnoria von Heyden 1870
Cordyla mycotheriformis Meunier 1917
Cordyla renuda von Heyden 1870
Cordyla rhenana Meunier 1923
Cordyla subaperta von Heyden 1870
Cordyla vetusta von Heyden 1870
Invalid names: Polyxena Meigen 1908 [synonym]
G. †Eoexechia Camier and Nel 2020
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Eoexechia gallica Camier and Nel 2020
G. Exechia Winnertz 1863
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Exechia cryptocephala Statz 1944
Exechia distincta Theobald 1937
Exechia erupta Meunier 1907
Exechia inflata Meunier 1916
Exechia juliaetta Lewis 1969
Exechia priscula Melander 1949
G. Rymosia Winnertz 1863
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Rymosia edwardsi Cockerell 1921
Rymosia ferruginea Cockerell 1921
Rymosia foersteri Theobald 1937
Rymosia grisea Cockerell 1921
Rymosia hypnolithica Kerr 2019
Rymosia longicalcar Meunier 1904
Rymosia miocenica Lewis 1969
Rymosia rufescens Cockerell 1921
Rymosia strangulata Scudder 1890
Invalid names: Palaeoepicypta Meunier 1904 [synonym]
G. Synplasta Skuse 1890
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Synplasta crassicornis Meunier 1904
G. †Exechiites Blagoderov 2000
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Exechiites tadushensis Blagoderov 2000
Tr. Mycetophilini Newman 1834
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G. Dynatosoma Winnertz 1863
G. Epicypta Winnertz 1863
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Epicypta nigritella Heer 1849
G. Mycetophila Meigen 1803
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Mycetophila agilis Meunier 1904
Mycetophila amoena Heer 1849
Mycetophila antennata Meunier 1899
Mycetophila antiqua Heer 1849
Mycetophila bradenae Cockerell 1915
Mycetophila compressa Loew 1850
Mycetophila confusa Theobald 1937
Mycetophila cordyliformis Meunier 1904
Mycetophila leptocera Loew 1850
Mycetophila longipennis Theobald 1937
Mycetophila morio Heer 1856
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Invalid names: Mycetophila dubia Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Mycetophila nana Heer 1849
Mycetophila occultata Scudder 1877
Mycetophila orci Heer 1864
Mycetophila pulchella Heer 1849
Mycetophila pumilio Heer 1849
Mycetophila pusillima Heer 1864
Mycetophila spinosa Jentzsch 1892
Mycetophila vectensis Cockerell 1915
Invalid names: Mycetophila frequens Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila hispidula Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila phalax Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila pulicaria Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycothera Winnertz 1863 [synonym]
G. Phronia Winnertz 1863
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Phronia brevipennis Theobald 1937
Phronia ciliata Meunier 1904
Phronia unifurcata Meunier 1917
G. Pseudalysiinia Tonnoir 1929
G. Trichonta Winnertz 1863
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Trichonta crassipes Meunier 1904
Trichonta dawsoni Scudder 1877
G. †Mycetophilites Förster 1891
G. †Proallodia Anonymous 1944
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Proallodia delopsides Armbruster 1938
Proallodia rhymosides Armbruster 1938
G. †Prodelopsis Anonymous 1944
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Prodelopsis epicyptides Armbruster 1938
Prodelopsis exechides Armbruster 1938
G. †Proepicypta Armbruster 1938
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Proepicypta obesa Armbruster 1938
G. †Prophronia Armbruster 1938
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Prophronia dynatosomides Armbruster 1938
G. †Protrichonta Armbruster 1938
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Protrichonta delopsides Armbruster 1938
G. Rhymosia Winnertz 1863
G. †Sackenia Scudder 1877
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Sackenia arcuata Scudder 1877
Sackenia gibbosa Cockerell 1907
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) Exechiites tadushensis (123616)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eoexechia gallica (123850)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Anatella tacita, Rymosia strangulata (122090) Sackenia gibbosa (122743) Sackenia sp. (121306)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Mycetophila occultata, Sackenia arcuata (121146)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Rymosia hypnolithica (135666)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Mycetophila compressa, Mycetophila leptocera (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Trichonta dawsoni, Brachypeza abita, Brachypeza procera (121480)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Allodia fungicola, Allodia succinea, Allodia separata, Allodia brevicornis, Brachycampta extincta, Brachycampta antiqua, Brachycampta procera, Brachycampta tomentosa, Trichonta brachycamptoides, Trichonta crassipes, Phronia ciliata, Palaeoepicypta longicalcar, Mycothera cordyliformis, Mycothera agilis, Dynatosoma crassicornis, Exechia inflata, Allodia eridana, Phronia unifurcata, Brachypeza grandis, Cordyla mycotheriformis, Cordyla furcula, Allodia clavata, Mycetophila spinosa, Mycetophila macrostyla, Mycetophila pulvillata, Mycetophila antennata, Allodia winnertzi (123927) Rhymosia longicalcar (123766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Mycetophila vectensis, Rymosia edwardsi, Rymosia grisea, Rymosia rufescens, Rymosia ferruginea (123959)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Bulgaria Mycetophila pulchella (181733)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Exechia priscula (123119) Mycetophila bradenae (127617)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Epicypta pallipes, Epicypta nigritella, Boletina meigeniana (121476) Exechia distincta (122408) Mycetophilites sp. (121474)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Rhymosia foersteri (122407)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Auvergne) Mycetophila sp. (152491)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Exechia sp. (120623)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Brachypeza graciosa (138696)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Cordyla vetusta, Cordyla subaperta, Cordyla antiqua, Cordyla renuda, Cordyla limnoria (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Exechia cryptocephala, Polyxena calcarata, Polyxena hastata, Cordyla rhenana (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Allodia pallipes (138838) Mycetophila confusa, Mycetophila morio (122501) Mycetophila morio (113712) Mycetophila sp. (122877)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Allodia pallipes, Phronia brevipennis, Mycetophila confusa (122488) Mycetophila confusa, Mycetophila longipennis (122487)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Exechia sp. (225781)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Allodia paleoafricana (222682)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Exechiini indet. (124474 138881)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain Exechia sp. (103100)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Mycetophilinae indet., Rhymosia miocenica, Exechia juliaetta (97616)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Proallodia rhymosides, Proallodia delopsides, Prophronia dynatosomides, Protrichonta delopsides, Proepicypta obesa, Prodelopsis epicyptides, Prodelopsis exechides (127613)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Exechia pulchella (156759) Mycetophila nigritella, Mycetophila antiqua, Mycetophila latipennis, Mycetophila pumilio (117250) Mycetophila pulchella, Mycetophila nana, Mycetophila amoena (117761)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mycetophila orci, Mycetophila pusillima (117252)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Mycetophila pumiliformis (113994)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Exechia erupta (140788)