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Atelestinae

Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Atelestinae Hennig
2006Atelestinae Sinclair and Cumming p. 77
2010Atelestinae Sinclair and Kirk-Spriggs
2018Atelestinae Wahlberg and Johanson
2020Atelestinae Jouault et al.
2020Atelestinae Sinclair and Grimaldi p. 4
2020Atelestinae Zhang and Xie
2023Atelestinae Badano 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
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyAtelestidaeHennig 1970
subfamilyAtelestinaeHennig 1970
subfamilyAtelestinaeHennig 1970

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. Atelestinae Hennig 1970
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G. Alavesia Waters and Arillo 1999
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Subg. †Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) Stark et al. 2020
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Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) longicornuta Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) wimpala Stark et al. 2020
Alavesia angusta Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia brevipennae Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia hadroceria Poinar and Vega 2020
Alavesia lanceolata Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia latala Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia magna Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia myanmarensis Jouault et al. 2020
Alavesia pankowskiorum Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia prietoi Peñalver and Arillo 2007
Alavesia spinosa Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Alavesia subiasi Waters and Arillo 1999
Alavesia tripudii Zhang and Xie 2020
Alavesia zigrasi Sinclair and Grimaldi 2020
Invalid names: Neoalavesia Poinar and Vega 2020 [synonym]
G. †Atelestites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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Atelestites senectus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Dianafranksia Coram et al. 2000
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Dianafranksia fisheri Coram et al. 2000
G. †Kurnubempis Kaddumi 2007
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Kurnubempis palistinicus Kaddumi 2007
G. †Trichinites Hennig 1970
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Trichinites cretaceus Hennig 1970
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 Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 145.00000 to 93.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 140.2 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Dianafranksia fisheri (125985)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Atelestites senectus (123017) Trichinites cretaceus (124276)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Jordan Kurnubempis palistinicus (124847)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Alavesia subiasi (108769)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Asturias) Alavesia prietoi (107510)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Alavesia longistylata, Alavesia myanmarensis (165561) Alavesia myanmarensis (179227) Alavesia sp., Alavesia longistylata, Alavesia longicornuta, Alavesia angusta, Alavesia lanceolata, Alavesia magna, Alavesia pankowskiorum (205729) Alavesia sp., Alavesia myanmarensis, Alavesia brevipennae, Alavesia latala, Alavesia magna, Alavesia pankowskiorum, Alavesia spinosa, Alavesia zigrasi (111688) Alavesia tripudii (216019) Alavesia wimpala (228876)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Alavesia sp., Alavesia longicornuta, Alavesia zigrasi (123113) Neoalavesia hadroceria (104053)