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Protempidinae

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Taxonomy
Protempididae was named by Ussatchov (1968). It is not extant. Its type is Protempis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Protempidinae by Mostovski (1999).

It was assigned to Empidoidea by Ussatchov (1968); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Empididae by Mostovski (1999).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Protempididae Ussatchov p. 623
1992Protempididae Carpenter
1999Protempidinae Mostovski p. 108

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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
familyEmpididaeLatreille 1804
subfamilyProtempidinae()
subfamilyProtempidinae()

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. †Protempidinae Ussatchov 1968
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G. †Homalocnemimus Mostovski 1999
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Homalocnemimus abjugatus Mostovski 1999
G. †Protempis Ussatchov 1968
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Protempis antennata Ussatchov 1968
Protempis minuta Ren 1998
G. †Protoreogeton Mostovski 1999
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Protoreogeton admirabilis Mostovski 1999
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: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 170.30000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) Protoreogeton admirabilis (114615)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Homalocnemimus abjugatus (105970) Homalocnemimus abjugatus, Protempis antennata (106101) Homalocnemimus sp. (105971) Homalocnemimus sp., Homalocnemimus abjugatus (105426)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Protempis minuta (138436)