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Metopininae

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy

Metopininae was named by Peterson (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phoridae by Statz (1940) and Peterson (1987); and to Neophorida by Brown et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Apocephalus, Gymnophora, Gymnophorini, Latiarista, Megaselia, Metopinini, Myriophora, Puliciphora, Sinophoritis

Synonyms

Latiarista was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Latiarista intermixta was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Sinophoritis was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Sinophoritis bikerkosa was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Metopininae Peterson
1940	Metopininae Statz p. 140
1987	Metopininae Peterson
2002	Latiarista Hong p. 403
2002	Latiarista intermixta Hong p. 404 figs. Pl 34, fig 3; text-figs 2.7.750-761
2002	Sinophoritis Hong p. 406
2002	Sinophoritis bikerkosa Hong p. 407 figs. Pl 33, fig 1; text-fig 2.7.762-776
2015	Metopininae Brown et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
suborder	Cyclorrhapha	()
superfamily	Platypezoidea	Fallen 1815
family	Phoridae
—	Euphorida
—	Neophorida
subfamily	Metopininae	Peterson 1887
subfamily	Metopininae	Peterson 1887

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. Metopininae Peterson 1887

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G. Apocephalus Coquillett 1901

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†Apocephalus chiapanecus Solórzano-Kraemer and Brown 2021

†Apocephalus dominicanus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021

†Apocephalus miocenus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021

†Apocephalus succineus Brown 2000

G. Gymnophora Macquart 1835

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†Gymnophora tertiara Statz 1940

Tr. Gymnophorini Enderlein 1924