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Taxonomy
Metopina was named by Macquart (1835). It is extant.
It was assigned to Metopinini by Grimaldi et al. (1989); and to Phoridae by Solórzano Kraemer (2007).
It was assigned to Metopinini by Grimaldi et al. (1989); and to Phoridae by Solórzano Kraemer (2007).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1835 | Metopina Macquart |
| 1989 | Metopina Grimaldi et al. |
| 1994 | Pseudometopina Disney |
| 2007 | Metopina Solórzano Kraemer p. 87 |
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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. Metopina Macquart 1835
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†Metopina goeleti Grimaldi 1989
Invalid names: Pseudometopina Disney 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 70.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | M. goeleti (109025) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | M. sp. (124467 124474 124928 140215) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | M. sp. (21977) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (122982) |