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Psilota

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Psilota was named by Meigen (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Syrphidae by Scudder (1890); to Chrysogastrini by Hull (1949); and to Merodontini by Moran et al. (2022).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Psilota Meigen p. 256
1890Psilota Scudder p. 561
1949Psilota Hull p. 333
2022Psilota Moran et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeMerodontini()
genusPsilota

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. Psilota Meigen 1822
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Psilota tabidosa Scudder 1890
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: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. tabidosa (122092)